BIB_ID
358768
Accession number
MA 811.24
Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Display Date
1827 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / Nashville."
Docketed.
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 811 for more details.
With trace of a seal.
Docketed.
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 811 for more details.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with the Ford collection before 1912.
Summary
Discussing plans for a trip to New Orleans and arrangements for getting a shipment of cotton to the boat; declining a dinner invitation; asking him to order a coat for his boy George; emphasizing that he does not want to make stops on the trip to New Orleans because he wants to avoid any "imputation of electioneering."
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