ANDREW JACKSON
A REGISTER OF ADDITIONS TO HIS PAPERS
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Prepared by
Mary Wolfskill, 1979
Revised and expanded by
Nan Thompson Ernst
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1998
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The addition to the papers of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845),
member of Congress, planter, soldier, and president of the United
States, consists of material received through gift and purchase
by the Library of Congress from 1966 to 1998.
Series 11 (Container 10), Jackson-Kendall Letters,
1827-1845, is available in the microfilm edition of presidential
papers at the Library of Congress.
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Readers interested in consulting any of the division's
collections are advised to write or telephone the
Manuscript Reading Room at (202) 707-5387 before visiting.
Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
stored off site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve
these items for research use.
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 4.5
Approximate number of items: 3,850
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
1767, Mar. 15 Born, Waxhaw District, S.C.
1780-1781 Fought in American Revolution
1787 Admitted to the North Carolina bar, Salisbury,
N.C.
1788 Public prosecutor, Nashville, Tenn.
1791 Married Rachel Donelson Robards
1794 Remarried Rachel Donelson Robards following
questions about legality of divorce from her
first husband
1795-1796 Operated mercantile business in Nashville, Tenn.,
in partnership with Samuel Donelson
1796 Elected delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional
Convention
1796-1797 Member, U.S. House of Representatives from
Tennessee
1797-1798 U.S. Senator from Tennessee
1798-1804 Judge, Tennessee Superior Court
1802 Elected major general, Tennessee militia
1804 Purchased "Hermitage" property near Nashville,
Tenn.
1812-1815 Led troops in southern expedition against Indians
and British
1814 Defeated Creek Indians, Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Commissioned major general, U.S. army, and
assigned to defend New Orleans, La.
1815, Jan. 8 Defeated British forces, Battle of New Orleans
1818 Commanded forces against Seminole Indians and
invaded Spanish territory of Florida
1821 Commissioned governor, Florida Territory
1823-1825 U.S. Senator from Tennessee
1829-1837 President, United States
1845, June 8 Died at the "Hermitage"
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Andrew Jackson Papers were organized in eleven series
prior to publication of the _Index to the Andrew Jackson Papers_
by the Library of Congress in 1967. Series 1 through 9 and
Series 11 were microfilmed and indexed. Series 10, Nonmanuscript
Material, was omitted from the microfilming and indexing but is
now accounted for in this description of additions to the Jackson
Papers. Series 12, Addenda, consists of items acquired for
addition to the Jackson Papers since 1966.
Series 10, Nonmanuscript Material, consists mainly of
transcripts of Jackson correspondence, but also includes
photocopied correspondence, printed matter, a scrapbook, catalog
slips, and other items dating from 1788 to 1898.
Series 11, Jackson-Kendall Letters, 1827-1845, is described
and indexed in the _Index to the Andrew Jackson Papers_ and is
available for consultation in the microfilm edition of the Andrew
Jackson Papers.
Series 12, Addenda, is organized in subseries according to
the year in which the addition was processed. The 1979 Addition
comprises sixty-two items of correspondence, 1806-1856. Most of
the correspondence was written by Jackson, and all except three
items are original letters. The correspondence is arranged
chronologically and an alphabetical index of correspondents
follows the container list. The 1998 addition to Series 12
includes a photocopy of a facsimile of a letter dated 9 January
1815 from Jackson to Secretary of War James Monroe. It appears
to have been written by John Reid, one of Jackson's aides. An
authorization of 1836 and two engraved portraits of Jackson,
dated 1870 and 1874, complete the addition.
Also available for consultation in the Manuscript Division
Reading Room is a microfilm edition reproducing Jackson
correspondence and related materials from some 335 repositories
and private collections, including items from a number of
collections of Jackson's contemporaries in the Library of
Congress. The microfilm, with accompanying guide and index, was
the work of the Andrew Jackson Papers project at the Hermitage
and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It was published in
1987 by Scholarly Resources, Inc. and supplements the Andrew
Jackson Papers at the Library of Congress and Jackson material
not otherwise available on microfilm among the records of the
National Archives.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
SERIES 10, NONMANUSCRIPT MATERIAL, 1788-1898, n.d.
(REPRODUCTIONS AND TRANSCRIPTS)
Box 1 Correspondence, 1788-1845, n.d.
Photocopies, 1813-45, n.d. (2 folders)
Typewritten transcripts
Chronological file
1788-1811
1812
Jan.-June
Box 2 July-Dec.
1813
Box 3 1814-1830
1831
Jan.-June
Box 4 July-Dec.
1832-36
Box 5 1837-45, n.d. (10 folders)
Box 6 1828-45, "Copies of letters written by
Jackson, originals in the possession of
Robert Dyas, Nashville, Tenn.," n.d.
(1 vol.)
Alphabetical file
Coffee, John, 1804-28
Overton, John, 1798-1831
Clippings (5 folders) _See also Oversize_
Box 7 Printed matter
Scrapbook
Miscellany
Fragments from the Andrew Jackson Papers and
John Reid Papers and notes (2 folders)
Notes on the banking crisis
Terrell, William G., correspondence, 1888-98
Box 8 Catalog slips
Box 9 Catalog slips
SERIES 11, JACKSON-KENDALL LETTERS, 1827-1845
Box 10 Reel 78 Correspondence, 1827-45 _See Index to the
Andrew Jackson Papers_ (Library of Congress,
1967)
SERIES 12, ADDENDA, 1806-1856, n.d.
Box 11 1979 Addition
Correspondence
Originals, 1806-56, n.d. (59 folders)
_See Index to Series 12_
Reproductions, 1834-43
1998 Addition
Authorization, letter, and engraved
portraits, 1815, 1836, 1870-74
OVERSIZE, 1821
Box OV 1 Series 10, Nonmanuscript Material
Clippings
_Knoxville Intelligencer_, 22 May 1821
(Container 6)
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NOTES ON THE COLLECTION
Series 12 (originals)
List of correspondents DateAddendum
Armstrong, Robert fr AJ 1838 Jan. 9 with typed transcript
Blair, Francis P. to AJ 1836 Oct. 26
Blair, Francis P. to AJ 1845 Feb. 21
Blair, Francis P. and John
C. Rives to AJ 1845 Mar. 12
Blair, F[rancis] P. to
J[ohn C.] Rives n.d.
Blount, [Willie] fr
Andrew Hynes 1814 Dec. 30 with typed transcript
Blount, Willie fr AJ 1814 Dec. 26 with typed transcript
Blount, [Willie] fr AJ n.d.
Bradley, Abraham to AJ 1834 May 10 photocopy of transcript
Butler, B[enjamin] F.
fr. AJ 1842 July 12 with typed transcript
Butler, Edward [G] W.
fr. AJ 1825 Mar. 25 with typed transcript
Calhoun, J[ohn] C. fr AJ 1820 Jan. 21
Call, Richard K. fr AJ 1821 Oct. 10 with typed transcript
Call, Richard K. fr AJ 1822 Nov. 21
Call, Richard K. fr ?AJ 1825 May 7
Call, Richard K. fr AJ 1828 May 12 oversize
Call, Richard K. fr AJ 1836 Nov. 1 with autograph note of
Call on p. 4
[Cass, Lewis] Sec. of War
fr AJ 1836 Jan. 23
Claiborne, F[erdinand] L.
fr AJ 1813 Mar. 6 with typed transcript
Claiborne, Ferdinand L.
fr AJ 1813 Mar. 25
Coffee, John to AJ 1813 Oct. 29
Coffee, John fr AJ 1821 May 1
Coffee, John fr AJ 1823 Jan. 24
Crawford, William H.
fr AJ 1816 June 24
Dade, F. [L.] fr AJ 1821 Aug. 22
Donelson, Andrew Jackson
fr AJ 1833 Oct. 20
Donelson, Andrew Jackson
fr AJ 1844 Nov. 18
Duval, William fr AJ 1824 Nov. 1
Floyd [John] fr AJ 1814 Jan. 29
Gaines, E[dmund]
P[endeleton] fr AJ 1818 June 2
Gibson, George fr AJ 1818 Apr. 9 with typed transcript
Gwin, William [McKendree]
fr AJ 1842 Jan. 11
Hynes, Andrew to Willie
Blount 1814 Dec. 30 with typed transcript
Innerarity, John, interro-
gation ca. 1821 Aug.
Jackson, Andrew to Mayor
[of New Orleans] ca. 1828 Jan.
Jackson, Andrew, answer to
Jesse Benton's pamphlet [1824]
with typed transcript
Jackson, Andrew, congratu-
lates the nation on its
prosperity [1831 Dec.]
Jackson, Andrew,
memorandum n.d. concerning Eaton affair
Jackson, Andrew, to
Andrew Jackson, Jr. 1844 Dec. 1 with typed transcript
Jackson, Andrew, notes of
reply to Col. R.
Butler's of 25 Oct. 1841 1841 Nov. 16
with typed transcript
Jackson, Andrew, general
order, Fort Strother,
Ala. 1813 Dec. 19
Jackson, Andrew, to fellow
citizens [2d inaugural] [1833 Mar.]
Jackson, Andrew, on Spain,
the Floridas, Louisiana,
and Missouri Territory ca. 1819
with typed transcript
Jackson, Andrew [Jr.] fr
John C. Rives 1856 Mar. 4
Jackson, Washington fr AJ 1813 Feb. 12
Lewis, William B. fr AJ 1813 Oct. 20 with typed transcript
Lewis, William B. fr AJ 1814 Jan. 30
Lewis, William B. fr AJ 1825 Feb. 4
Love, Charles I. fr AJ 1835 Sept. 7
McIntosh, William fr AJ 1818 Apr. 14 with typed transcript
Mayor [of New Orleans]
fr AJ ca. 1828 Jan.
Preston, Francis fr AJ 1831 Mar. 18 with typed transcript
Rives [John C.] fr
F[rancis] P. Blair n.d.
Rives, John C. fr AJ 1842 June 27
Rives, John C. to AJ 1845 Mar. 12
Rives John C. and Francis
P. Blair to AJ 1845 Mar. 12
Rives, John C. to Andrew
Jackson [Jr.] 1856 Mar. 4
Russell [Gilbert C.] fr AJ 1814 Apr. 17
with clipping
Thompson [Smith] fr AJ 1819 May 1
Van Buren, Martin to AJ 1827 Oct. 31 with AJ's notes on p. 4
White, H[ugh] L[awson]
fr AJ 1831 June 1 with typed transcript
Winchester, James fr AJ 1806 Oct. 4 with typed transcript
Winchester, James fr AJ 1807 Jan. 1 with typed transcript
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