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Jackson, Sarah Yorke (1805-1887) to Emma Y. Donelson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.034 Author/Creator: Jackson, Sarah Yorke (1805-1887) Place Written: Hermitage, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 May 1845 Pagination: 2 p. : free frank : address ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Addressed "My dear sister." Includes updates on mutual friends and family. Andrew Jackson adopted his wife's nephew and named him Andrew Jackson, Jr. Sarah Yorke, his wife, was the president's daughter-in-law. Emma Yorke Farquhar Donelson married Jackson's nephew Thomas Jefferson Donelson, Andrew Jackson, Jr.'s twin brother.

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We are all in excellent health but My dear Father he still continues about the same as when I last wrote , excepting a very troublesome diarrhea, which produces at times violent pain, he is still able to sit [2] up part of the day, but is very feeble, and very much changed.

Jackson, Sarah Yorke, 1805-1887
Donelson, Emma Yorke, fl. 1837-1845
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Jackson, Andrew, Jr., 1808-1865
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871

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