Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1850

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Letter from Andrew Jackson Coffee, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Alexander Donelson Coffee, no location given, written on July 17, 1850.

Andrew congratulates Alex on his new “interesting and safe business” [cotton mill]. He comments on Alex taking the guardianship of John [Donelson Coffee, Jr.], suggesting that it would be troublesome and maybe better if John’s mother [Mary Narcissa Brahan Coffee] retains the guardianship and management of his property. He says the death of President Taylor has upset things and hopes the new president will support the compromise over slavery, predicting civil war since the South will “have little mercy to expect from the North.” He thinks the Texas boundary question ought to be settled by giving Texas “her rights”. He and Betty had another son.

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sc.0027.001_003.003

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1850 July 17

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Coffee, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1891.

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"Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1850" (2021). Documents. 15.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-coffeefamily1/15