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Andrew Jackson, Fort Jackson, Mississippi Territory, letter to Rachel Jackson, Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee :
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Jackson reports that he is waiting on supplies, hopes to move soon and for an end to the war; discusses reports from Georgia on possible defeats there and fears of mutiny and abandonment by his volunteer infantry.
mssHM 22989
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Regrets to hear she has been indisposed, expresses concern for her welfare while he is away; mentions his political enemies, reports on wellbeing of various friends.
mssHM 23073
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Jackson discusses his health and state of his injured arm, his admiration for Lieutenant Harmon Hays, and mentions preparing for a movement from Fort Strother. He also discusses Theodore and Lyncoya, two Native American infants that Jackson was in the process of adopting. He mentions the recent death of Theodore, who died after his arrival at the Hermitage, and arrangements for Lyncoya to be sent to his home.
mssHM 22991
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Reports on the progress of his journey to Washington, D.C. after his election as U.S. senator; regrets their separation. Instructs her to procure necessities from Josiah Nichols in Nashville. Item is damaged with some text missing.
mssHM 23064
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Jackson reports on the current state of military affairs including conduct, desertion and apathy of the volunteer infantry and of contractors; the state of supplies, particularly beef and pork; his inability to advance. He also sends instructions regarding Lyncoya, a Creek Indian infant orphaned during the Creek War and adopted by Jackson in November 1813.
mssHM 22963
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Letter includes a brief mention of activities around Natchez, Mississippi, during the War of 1812, local weather, his correspondence sent and received; also sends well wishes to various people in Tennessee.
mssHM 22961