Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Alexander Mouton

GLC04914

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GLC#
GLC04914
Type
Letters
Date
1843/06/05
Author/Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Title
to Alexander Mouton
Place Written
Hermitage, Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. : address : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Thanks Mouton and the Louisiana legislature for a resolution that repaid to him a fine from 1815. He thanks them for "wiping from my memory the past imputations." In 1815 Judge Hall fined Jackson for enforcing martial law in New Orleans. Jackson strongly resented the fine, since he felt he had done what was necessary. Finally, not long before his death, the state legislature agreed to repay him the fine, with interest.

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