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Letter from Andrew Jackson, Hermitage, Tennessee, to Andrew Jackson Hutchings, near Florence, Alabama, dated October 21, 1840.

Jackson expresses concern that Hutchings does not have a companion on his voyage to Cuba. He suggests that he might get Mr. N. E. Feist(?) to accompany him. He wishes him a pleasant journey. Tells about talking to Dr. Doyle about Hutchings’ son John who has had a problem with his vison that is improving. He thanks Hutchings for completing a contract with Mr. Parker. He asks that Hutchings tell Andrew Jackson Coffee that either Jackson or his son will be at the plantation on the Mississippi in December to receive him.

Hutchings (1813-1841) was the grandson of Jackson’s wife’s sister, Catherine, whose parents died in 1817, and a former ward of Jackson, who married Mary Coffee (1812-1839).

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sc.0027.001_001.009

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1840 October 21

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.; Hutchings, Andrew Jackson, 1813-1841.

Letter: Andrew Jackson to Andrew Jackson Hutchings, 1840

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