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Ebenezer Sprout membership into the Society of the Cincinnati
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Andrew Jackson, Nashville, letter to Alden Partridge, West Point, New York :
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Jackson is presenting his nephew Andrew J. Donelson to the superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Hoping Partridge will give some attention to his nephew who is entering West Point and to his ward Edward Butler, who is already there.
mssHM 22987
Orderly book of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, 1783, Sept. 28 - Dec. 4, West Point, N.Y., Brookline, Mass
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Regimental orderly book consisting mainly of records of courts martial, with some regimental, garrison, and detachment orders. Included are copies of George Washington's Farewell order to the Armies of the United States, 1783, Nov. 2 and his letter to Henry Knox (1783, Dec. 2)
mssHM 587
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Andrew Jackson, camp on Thompson's Creek, letter to Pathkiller :
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Jackson is responding to Pathkiller's letter of October 22; approves of his sending spies to investigate fires. Jackson is leaving his encampment the following day and hopes to encounter hostile Creek Indians. Pathkiller (d. 1827) was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and served as a colonel under Jackson during the Creek War. This item appears to be a letter written and signed for Jackson by an amanuensis, or it may possibly be his own autograph altered as a result of gunshot wounds received in a recent fight with Jesse Benton and Thomas Hart Benton. The Papers of Andrew Jackson list this item as a copy.
mssHM 13424
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Andrew Jackson, Fort Strother, Mississippi Territory, letter to Rachel Jackson, Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee :
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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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Andrew Jackson, New Port, letter to Rachel Jackson, Hunters Hill :
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Jackson mentions that Colonel Christmas is delivering his letter and a variety of garden seeds; he reports on stable fires and that he was able to save his horse from the fire. He also reports that he has caught a cold which is now in his chest and discusses plans for cotton planting and apple trees; expresses concerns over her relationship with the servants.
mssHM 22927
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George S. Patton letters
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A small group of letters consisting of two letters by General George S. Patton to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Codman, and one to General Fox Conner, discussing military progress in Europe. The letter to Conner is dated Dec. 17, 1944, and the letters to Codman July 21, 1945 and August 18, 1945. In his letter to General Conner, Patton discusses, in general terms, the launching of the Ardennes Offensive and the opening of what eventually became known as the Battle of Ardennes or the Battle of the Bulge.
mssHM 70174-70176