Title: Andrew Jackson Letter

Date/Date Range :   1822 February 27

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this letter, Andrew Jackson introduces his adopted son Andrew Jackson Donelson to the Rev. Holly of Tennessee University in Nashville. Jackson also inquires as to the possibility of sending another of his adopted sons and a nephew to the school.

Call number: MS-0902

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

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Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Andrew Jackson Letter, MS-0902. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Andrew Jackson was the seventeenth President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Born in 1767 in the frontier settlement of the Waxhaws in South Carolina, Jackson moved to Salisbury, NC in 1784 and received his license to practice law in 1787, beginning his practice in North Carolina's Western District in Washington County (now a part of Tennessee). In October 1788, he moved to Nashville, where he met his wife Rachel. After serving as the major general of the Tennessee militia for twenty years and earning recognition as a military leader in the War of 1812, Jackson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1823 and to the presidency in 1828. After serving two terms as president, Jackson returned to the Hermitage, his Nashville home, in early 1837. Eight years later, in 1845, Jackson died at his home at the age of 78.

Major Andrew Jackson Donelson was the adopted nephew and private secretary of President Andrew Jackson. He was the son of Samuel and Mary Donelson. Donelson attended Cumberland College in Nashville, TN before moving on to West Point. After graduating West Point, he eventually became a Major General in the United States Army. His wife, Emily, served as the White House Hostess and the unofficial First Lady. In 1844, President Tyler appointed Donelson chargé d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas. In 1856, Donelson was nominated as a running mate of Millard Filmore on the American Party ticket; however, their bid for the White House ended with only 8 electoral votes. He died in June 1871.

In this letter, Andrew Jackson introduces his adopted son Andrew Jackson Donelson to the Rev. Holly of Tennessee University in Nashville. Jackson also inquires as to the possibility of sending another of his adopted sons and a nephew to the school.

• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Correspondence.
• Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871.
• Education, Higher -- Tennessee.