Finding Aid for the Andrew Jackson Letter, undated
MS-2926University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Collection processed by: Will Leech, November 1, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Will Leech, November 1, 2006
Encoded by: Will Leech, November 1, 2006
Summary Information
Andrew Jackson Letter
Date/Date Range : undated
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses a letter written (dictated) by Andrew Jackson to Colonel James Hamilton. In it, Jackson recommends his nephew, Samuel Jackson Hays, as a suitable suitor for Ms. Middleton, who was under the guardianship of Col. Hamilton.
MS-2926
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Purchased by Special Collections, September 2006.
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[Identification of Item], Andrew Jackson Letter, MS-2926. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one folder.
Biography / History
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.
Samuel J. Hayes was a nephew of Rachael Jackson.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains of a letter written (dictated) by Andrew Jackson to Colonel James Hamilton. In it, Jackson recommends his nephew, Samuel Jackson Hays, as a suitable suitor for Ms. Middleton, who was under the guardianship of Col. Hamilton.
Subject Terms
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
- Tennessee -- Social life and customs.
Contents List
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Andrew Jackson Letter, undated Scope Note: My Dear Sir,
I beg leave to make known to you my nephew, Mr Sam J Hays who will hand you this.
Mr. Hays has just mentioned to me the he has formed an attacthment to the Miss Middleton of whom you are the guardian. Upon which information I have stated to him the propriety of aquainting you with his intentions, and of waiting upon you for this purpose. This he will do in a proper manner, I hope.
I can assure you that Mr. Hays is a young man of unblemished character, and good morals; and that his family is resepctable. His father had once a fortune, but like many others he died insolvent. His mother, one of the most aimiable of her sex, has by her industry and prudent managment, obtained an independence, and lives comfortably on a farm in West Tennessee which she owns. So that you will percieve her son is not a man of fortune, being dependent upon his profession as a lawyer, and the share he will have in his mothers estate. I have taken some pains with his education in aid of his aimiable mother, and trust that it will secure success in his profession.
To you sir, the gaurdian of the young lady, this explanation was due that she might marry Mr. Hays for his merits, and not for his fortune. I admit, tho, my nephew's candor has made this known to her.
accept the apeearence of my great respect and esteem. Signed, Andrew Jackson
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