Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1848

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Letter from Andrew Jackson Coffee, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Alexander Donelson Coffee, near Barrytown, Alabama, written on January 15, 1848.

Andrew reports that General Scott arrested Generals Worth and Pillow for disrespect as well as some junior officers. He states: “It is a disgrace all around, a disgrace to Genl Scott for the manner in which he made the arrests & a disgrace to the officers for the matter of the arrest…” He heard that they might be replaced with General Taylor or Butler in command. He does not believe there will be peace in Mexico soon. He blames the anti-war speeches of John C. Calhoun and George Crittenden that are republished in Mexico. He hopes that once the presidential candidates are selected, the United States will present a united front on Mexico. He and Betty had another son, to be named Andrew Jackson. Notes the flood of the Tennessee impacted Alex’s cotton fields somewhat and an enslaved person on the Hutchings estate named Peter drowned. Reports that the cotton market is not good.

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sc.0027.001_003.001

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1848 January 15

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Coffee, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1891.

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"Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1848" (2021). Documents. 13.
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