to Rachel Jackson

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Rachel Jackson

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GLC#
GLC01609
Type
Letters
Date
January 25, 1819
Author/Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Title
to Rachel Jackson
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Andrew Jackson writes to his wife that he has arrived in Washington, a day after Henry Clay made an inflammatory speech against him. However, he is confident, because he believes that "a very large majority" of Congress sides with him. He has also learned that Jefferson and Madison have written to Monroe in his favor, and that all three Presidents appear to support him. Congress was investigating Jackson for his conduct during the First Seminole War is 1818, when he pursued a group of Seminole Indians into Spanish Florida, upsetting a number of powerful foreign nations.

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