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- GLC#
- GLC00639.13-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 27, 1820
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Title
- to John C. Calhoun
- Place Written
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
One letter from by Major General Andrew Jackson to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War dated April 27, 1820. Jackson notes that he is sending documents (not included) from General Gaines related to the illegal enslavement of Black people and freed people in Georgia. Also sending along a letter (not included) from Major James Bankhead, commander at Fernandina, Florida on the same subject. Says he will take any measures Calhoun directs him to.
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