BIB_ID
359018
Accession number
MA 811.52
Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Display Date
1842 Feb. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / 2nd auditor U. States / Treasury Department / City of Washington / D. Columbia."
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 postmark and 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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with the Ford collection before 1912.
Summary
Discussing financial matters; commenting on the "disgraceful scenes in Congress" and wondering whether "Mr. [John Quincy] Adams [is] demented, or ... perversely wicked."
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