Jackson writes from Hermitage, his estate. Thanks White for a recent present of "sugar, syrup & oranges," characterizing the oranges as "the finest I ever saw." Expresses relief that White's family escaped a dreadful disease that swept through New Orleans the previous summer (possibly yellow fever). Assures White he (Jackson) will be a good host to White's British friend Joseph Courey, should Courey decide to call. Discusses business pertaining to a cotton shipment. Writes, "Our situation with England at present is critical. But a firm & energetic course if adopted by our Government will soon bring her to her senses- if she at once was told to restore the negroes taken from the Creole, or reprisals would be forthwith made... haughty Britain would yield to our demands & hereafter act justly by us- a temporising policy will never attain Justice from England..." (Britain took black slaves from the Creole, a ship). Regrets the "gloom" of the current cotton market. Mentions having two "severe attacks" the previous summer, from which he is still recovering. Per the Jackson Papers, the letter was written in 1842; Jackson has misdated it as 1841.