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Copy of a letter from Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., to Mary Eastin, Near Fountain of Health (near Nashville), Tennessee, dated January 1, 1830. (The year recorded by Jackson is incorrect: the letter was written in 1831.)
Jackson is not feeling well and records it is two years since his wife died. Notes Mary had visited her aunt and uncle, John and Mary Donelson Coffee. Talks about past rumors and slanders that caused his wife’s niece, Emily Donelson, and her husband Andrew to split with Jackson. He is willing to again be friends with Mr. Ingham and his family and Governor Branch if they agree to it. He wants Mary and Emily to return to Washington and for Emily to resume acting as First Lady.
A transcription is included.
The background to this letter is discussed in Crawford, Charles W., "This Subject is a Painful One to Me", Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 26:1, 1967 Spring, pp.59-63.
Identifier
sc.0027.001_001.004
Date
1831 January 1
Keywords
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.; Eastin, Mary.
Recommended Citation
"Letter: Andrew Jackson to Mary Eastin, 1830" (2021). Documents. 4.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-coffeefamily1/4
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