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11 December 1829

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Document signed

Title: [Remission of balance of sentence of Orrin Sherman for stealing money from the U.S. Mail]

Sherman's sentence was remitted upon payment of costs by President Jackson because he had shown repentance. Accompanied by a four page petition dated September 1829 with signatures, testimonials and a one page certification of Connecticut citizenship by Connecticut Governor Gideon Tomlinson, dated 31 October 1829. Name on Jackson's remission is spelled "Schearman."

GLC00045.06

7 January 1830

Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)

Letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Biddle

Writes to Nicholas Biddle, the President of the Bank of the United States, and encloses President Andrew Jackson's commissions of four directors of the Bank. The new directors include George M. Dallas, Benjamin W. Richards, Benjamin Bailey, and John S. Donnell. Attached to a backing page that looks as if it was removed from a bound book of some sort. Verso of backer page is printed with "William Henry Harrison, 1841." Dimensions of actual letter are 25 x 20.5 cm.

GLC04619.01

8 January 1830

Gadsden, James (1788-1858)

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to Andrew Jackson

Defends the character of a certain Mr. Slacum (possibly George W. Slacum) who stood accused of an unspecified allegation. Discusses a clerkship that was offered to him by Jackson. Expresses pleasure in hearing of the planned removal of the Seminole Indians and discusses the removal of the Seminole Indians from Florida, which precipitated the second Seminole War. Docket signed by Jackson with initials.

GLC03198

20 February 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Samuel L. Valentine for security on a debenture bond]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Martin Van Buren. Jackson orders Valentine's release because of his poverty and large family and on condition that he pay the costs of the suit.

GLC01837

8 March 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel D. Ingham

Writes that Martin Gordon, a customs agent, was accused by traders of being too rigid in adherence to his duties. Jackson tells Ingham to admonish Gordon, advise him to be more lenient, but also hear his side of the story.

GLC00021

10 May 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Dutton Barnard, William Marks, John B. Steneger, D. M. Miller and J. B. Sutherland

In absence of recommendations for clemency from the prosecuting attorney and the judge who tried the case, Jackson asks for their recommendation if pardon should be granted to "Craig," a prisoner who was convicted 10 May 1830. Barnard and Marks were United States Senators from Pennsylvania. Joel Barlow Sutherland was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

GLC02770

14 June 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Document signed

Title: [Remitture of the forfeiture of the sloop Nun to master Winthop S. Baker, whose ship was siezed for importing slaves].

Countersigned by Secretary of State Martin Van Buren. The sloop Nun was seized in the territory of Florida. Jackson, in consideration of the premises, "divers other good and sufficient reasons," and on payment of costs, orders remission of the vessel and further orders that a "nolle proseque" be entered in all suits against her.

GLC04469

14 June 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Smith

Jackson thanks Smith for supporting his veto of the Maysville Road bill. Jackson says that while his veto may have opposed internal improvements, it was for the greater good of the Government. In a statement to Congress explaining his reasons for the veto Jackson argued that using federal money for a purely local project was wrong, no matter how desirable internal improvements were. Jackson also had a political motivation to veto the bill, since the road was set to be built in Kentucky, the home state of his chief rival Henry Clay.

GLC03188

10 July 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Enoch Honeywell's improvement, entitled the Water Elevator]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State and John MacPherson Berrien as Attorney General. Honeywell's description of his invention is signed by F. R. Mudge and Marcellus Weston as witnesses. Contains a seal and blue ribbon.

GLC06279

18 Octorber 1830

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hardy M. Cryer

Pleased about plans to open trade with British West Indies, celebrates the French Revolution of 1830, discusses his horses. Mentions the gravesite of his wife Rachel, who was "all that made this world desirable to me."

GLC02526.01

1830/10/18

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Header Record

Title: Letter by Andrew Jackson and engraving of him [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter by President Andrew Jackson to Hardy M. Cryer, and an engraving of Jackson by A. B. Walter.

GLC02526

1830/10/18

Walter, A.B. (1820-1875)

Print

Title: Andrew Jackson

An engraving of President Andrew Jackson. The engraving is not dated, but Walter was a well known engraver from the 1840's until his death in 1875.

GLC02526.02

1830/12/08

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Newspaper

Title: U.S. Telegraph Extra. Annual address to Congress

GLC06778

28 December 1830

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Chase

Writes a long letter to his brother, a lawyer in Lockport, New York, joking about his own poor handwriting and offering advice and admonitions. Discusses politics, "You ask me if I think that Kentucky and Ohio will go for [Henry] Clay. You may depend upon it that every state in the West, except Tennessee, and possibly Illinois, will go for him." States "the Jackson Party is defeated here and can never rally again," but says that he has seen this misrepresented in the newspapers.

GLC05494.02

1831

Duff and Green (fl. 1831)

Pamphlet

Title: [Correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun on the Seminole War]

Correspondence between the "President and Vice-President of the U. States, on the subject of the course of the latter, in the deliberations of the cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the occurrences of the Seminole War." Calhoun discloses the correspondence in an effort to rectify, what he believes to be, politically motivated misrepresentations of his conduct in regard to "the Seminole question." Argues that the correspondence shows the different positions held by Calhoun and Jackson. Printed by Duff and Green.

GLC08605.02

1831

Various

Pamphlet

Title: [Forty six pamphlets on Indian affairs. Decimalized]

The first items is a pamphlet printing correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Seminole Indian War. This is accompanied by eight congressional pamphlets on the Cherokee Indians and an additional thirty seven on various Indian tribes, including the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seneca. For related material, see GLB 205.02.

GLC03776

1831

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Pamphlet

Title: Correspondence Beween Gen. Andrew Jackson and John C Calhoun President and Vice-President of the U.States

a pamphlet printing correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Seminole Indian War.

GLC03776.01

3 February 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Henry Eaton

Writes to Secretary of War Eaton about arranging the removal of the Brothertown Indians of New York to a reservation in Wisconsin. Comments on a recent meeting he had with the New York Indians. Informs him that the Menominee of the Green Bay, Wisconsin area object to Indians from New York being settled on their land and dispute the validity of "any contract made" because it "was without the consent of their council & by men unauthorized by their nation." Asks Eaton to arrange a treaty with the Menominee to facilitate the move.

GLC00791

5 April 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Richard Willcox's improvement in metallurgical operations for accelerating and improving the manipulations of metals in general with the use of anthracite coals in particular]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State and John MacPherson Berrien as Attorney General. Signed by Jacobs and Sanford as witnesses to Willcox's description of his metallurgical system. Includes a one page diagram of Willcox's invention. Several scraps of pink ribbon accompany this document separately.

GLC00062

24 June 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Decatur

Rejects her request and dismisses her complaints firmly but politely. Decatur had asked the President to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position. He refuses to do so, saying he needs the best man to do the job.

GLC00762

July 18, 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard G. Dunlap

Written by Jackson as President, upset by the events surrounding the resignation of Major John H. Eaton as the Secretary of War. Jackson praises Eaton, as well as Martin Van Buren and Major William Berkley Lewis for their loyalty. He attacks Vice President John C. Calhoun for what he sees as his plot to undue his administration in a "wicked depraved conspiracy," and regrets that he ever trusted Calhoun. Also attacks General Duff Green and his newspapers for being slanderous during this whole affair.

GLC01690

29 August 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard G. Dunlap

Defends his friend Major William B. Lewis from charges made by his political enemies, especially John C. Calhoun, including allegations that he interfered in state elections. Discusses Calhoun's maneuverings against himself, and advises Dunlap to believe his account of events, and not be confused by others.

GLC01691

14 November 1831

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Swann

Requests the details of a case involving a wrongly issued search warrant to determine whether a pardon will be granted.

GLC00045.46

circa 1832

Broadside

Title: [Broadside condemning Andrew Jackson]

"Why did the Irishmen of Philadelphia, oppose the reelection of Andrew Jackson?" Broadside quotes the opinion of Daniel O'Connell, a prominent Irish leader, regarding Jackson: "he did not believe…it was expedient to clothe military men with civil power." Discusses the execution of British citizens Arbuthnot and Ambruster by Jackson during his 1818 expedition in Spanish Florida against the Seminoles. Also condemns Jackson for not supporting Irish immigrant canal workers.

GLC09341

10 February 1832

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lewis Cass

Writes to Secretary of War Cass regarding giving generals John Eaton and John Coffee the authority "to conclude with the Choctaws an agreement for such portion of the 17 million of acres conveyed to them as will suit the Chickasaws to settle on." Also discusses the need for a congressional re-appropriation of an 1830 appropriation of $500,000 for Indian removal. Warns that if not done, "our humane plan is blown up, & our hands tied." Suggests getting the money into the hands of source agents if Congress does not act.

GLC00089.01

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