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diff --git a/old/51641-0.txt b/old/51641-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7086179..0000000 --- a/old/51641-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4031 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hermitage, by Mary C. Dorris - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Hermitage - Home of General Andrew Jackson - -Author: Mary C. Dorris - -Release Date: April 2, 2016 [EBook #51641] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HERMITAGE *** - - - - -Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - [Illustration: Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage - _This Portrait by Earl was presented in 1944 by Mrs. Charles W. - Frear of Troy, N. Y., in memory of her husband, who owned it for - many years._] - - - - - The Hermitage - Home of General Andrew Jackson - - - _Registered National Historic Landmark - Seventh President of United States_ - - - P. O. HERMITAGE, TENN. - - - _Originally Compiled by_ Mrs. Mary C. Dorris - - Revised June, 1963 - - Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith, _Regent_ - Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin, _Secretary_ - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, _Research_ - - - Historical Page 3 - Original Log Hermitage Page 16 - Museum Page 24 - Mansion and Grounds Page 41 - Tomb Page 54 - - - - - _Advice to Andrew Jackson by His Mother_ - - -In 1781 Andrew Jackson, then fourteen years of age, enlisted in the -American Army; was captured and thrown into prison, where he had -smallpox. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, through exchange, -arranged for his release and nursed him back to health. Responding to an -urgent appeal, she left him to go to Charleston to nurse some sick -neighbors who were confined there on a British hospital ship. This -errand of mercy cost her life. She caught yellow fever and died. - - Almost her last words to her young son were: - - _Andrew, if I should not see you again, I wish you to remember and - treasure up some things I have already said to you. In this world you - will have to make your own way. To do that, you must have friends. You - can make friends by being honest, and you can keep them by being - steadfast. You must keep in mind that friends worth having will in the - long run expect as much from you as they give to you. To forget an - obligation or to be ungrateful for a kindness is a base crime—not - merely a fault or a sin, but an actual crime. Men guilty of it sooner - or later must suffer the penalty. In personal conduct be always polite - but never obsequious. None will respect you more than you respect - yourself. Avoid quarrels as long as you can without yielding to - imposition. But sustain your manhood always. Never bring a suit in law - for assault and battery or for defamation. The law affords no remedy - for such outrages that can satisfy the feelings of a true man. Never - wound the feelings of others. Never brook wanton outrage upon your own - feelings. If ever you have to vindicate your feelings or defend your - honor, do it calmly. If angry at first, wait until your wrath cools - before you proceed._ - -These words were repeated by General Jackson on his birthday, March 15, -1815, at New Orleans, to three members of his military family: Major -John H. Eaton, Major William B. Lewis, and Captain W. O. Butler. -“Gentlemen,” said General Jackson, “I wish she could have lived to see -this day. There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and -as brave as a lioness. Her last words have been the law of my life.” - - _Copies of the above may be purchased at the Souvenir Shop at the - Hermitage_ - - [Illustration: MRS. ANDREW JACKSON] - - [Illustration: ANDREW JACKSON] - - - - -Andrew Jackson - - - _By_ Reau E. Folk - -Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, gave the name -“Hermitage” to his home. In his inspiring memory it is preserved. - - - _Youth_ - - Andrew Jackson was of Scotch-Irish lineage. His parents were of the -rugged pioneer type that throughout America helped to lay the foundation -of a great republic. He was born on March 15, 1767, in what was known as -the Waxhaws Settlement, near the line between North and South Carolina. -There has been some dispute as to which of the two States could claim -him. Some authorities appear to have definitely settled that at the time -of his nativity the Waxhaws Settlement constituted a part of South -Carolina, but that now Jackson’s birth site is comprehended in Union -County, North Carolina. Jackson always gave South Carolina as his birth -state. - -Andrew Jackson’s father, for whom he was named, died several days before -he was born. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, to whom tribute -should be paid as a truly remarkable woman, heroically met the hard -situation of rearing and educating her three small sons. Young Andrew -was nourished in the Revolutionary sentiment, which was rife in the late -sixties and early seventies, bursting into flame in 1775. He and his -mother and brothers were patriots from the inception of the -Revolutionary movement. These fires of patriotism in the Waxhaws were -fanned by the fact that there was much Tory sentiment. When in August, -1776, a newspaper reached the Waxhaws carrying the Declaration of -Independence young Andrew Jackson, then in his tenth year, was called -upon to read it to an assemblage. In 1781, at the age of fourteen, he -enlisted with the South Carolina forces and was later made prisoner and -struck down by a sword in the hands of a British officer whose boots he -refused to black. His two brothers also enlisted in the war and gave up -their lives. His mother, as a result of a mission service to Charleston -to nurse prisoners from the Waxhaws there on shipboard, contracted -yellow fever and died. At the successful end of the struggle of the -Colonies young Andrew Jackson, in his fifteenth year, emaciated from -desperate prison illness, found himself alone in the world, an orphan of -the Revolution. - - - _Early Career_ - - After completing his schooling, Jackson began the study of law. In 1786 -he was licensed at Salisbury, N. C., and in 1788 went to Jonesboro, now -in Washington County, Tenn., then in North Carolina. After a brief -career at Jonesboro he received an appointment as U. S. Attorney for the -Western District of North Carolina with headquarters at Nashville. He -reached Nashville in 1788. He took an active part in Public Affairs and -was a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of -Tennessee. In 1796, when Tennessee was admitted to the Union, he was -chosen as the first Representative of the new state to Congress. A year -later he was appointed to the United States Senate, and after a short -service he resigned and subsequently became a member of the Superior -Court of Law and Equity, holding this position until 1804, when he -resigned to devote himself to personal affairs. - - - _Military_ - - Andrew Jackson was Major-General of Tennessee Militia from 1802 to -1814. It was in the War of 1812 that Jackson became a national figure. -This war was the inevitable sequence of the Revolutionary War. It was -occasioned by the conduct of England in restricting our commerce, -impressing into her service seamen from our ships, acts of contempt -intolerable to a free people. It has been called in apt phraseology the -War OF American Independence in contra-distinction to the Revolution, -which was FOR American Independence. Andrew Jackson, as Major-General of -Tennessee Militia, threw himself into the conflict. He inaugurated a -campaign against the Creek Indians, who, allied with the British, had -been stirred to deeds of atrocity, the most revolting of which was the -massacre at Fort Mimms, Alabama, on August 30, 1813. After a series of -smaller engagements, General Jackson, finally, on March 27, 1814, -overwhelmingly defeated and crushed the Creek Indians at the Great -Horseshoe Bend. Two months later, May 31, General Jackson was made -Major-General of the United States Army, with command of the Southern -and Western Divisions. - - - _New Orleans_ - - No sketch of Andrew Jackson, however brief, can fail of emphasis on the -Battle of New Orleans, for it was his marvelous victory over the greatly -outnumbering, confident, invading British Army on January 8, 1815, that -first gave him national renown and made him a popular idol and hero. It -came at a time when the national spirit was at its lowest ebb, as a -result of a long series of land defeats, and sent a wave of exultant joy -throughout the country. It was a complete and decisive victory. -Historians agree that it was a brilliant victory, but many of them, and -unfortunately school histories, present the view that the battle was -fought after peace and was unnecessary. This has been exposed as an -error. The State of Tennessee in 1927 appointed a commission to make -research into the real value of the battle of New Orleans, and this -commission submitted report to the Governor who transmitted it to the -Legislature of 1935. This report has been published by the Ladies’ -Hermitage Association and is kept on sale at the Hermitage. It shows by -quotation from the document itself that the treaty of Ghent, signed by -the commissioners of the contending countries December 24, 1814, -specifically provided that it should be effective when ratified by both -sides, and that it was not ratified by the United States until February -17, 1815, forty days after the battle at New Orleans. The report further -shows by evidence of records that the battle saved the Louisiana -Purchase, or another war with England. It shows also that the battle -reestablished national integrity or peace from within. The importance of -the battle can hardly be overestimated, viewed either from the immediate -effects or the aftermath. The Ladies’ Hermitage Association in 1935 -joined with the National Daughters of 1812 and other patriotic entities -in calling for revision of school histories to accord with revealed -facts. - -The victory at New Orleans, one of the most decisive defensive victories -of history, will always be celebrated as an illustrious feat of the -American arms and of the military genius of Andrew Jackson. Jackson -mobilized incongruous elements, every available resource, into defense -against the enemy attack. The forces thus assembled, consisting of -Tennessee militia, Kentucky militia, Louisiana militia, and small -contingents of regulars, Baratarian privateers, free men of color, -Mississippi Dragoons, and friendly Choctaw Indians, numbered in all a -little over five thousand. The invading army consisted of about twelve -thousand seasoned British regulars. The British soldiers fought bravely, -as British soldiers always do, but they could not stand against the -well-planned, unerring fire from the American breastworks. The assault -continued for twenty-five minutes, and then the British retreated in -confusion, having lost in killed, wounded, and captured over twenty-five -hundred of their number, including General Pakenham, chief in command, -and General Gibbs, second in command, both having been killed. The -American loss was put at thirteen killed and wounded. On the west bank -of the river the British succeeded in capturing a small redoubt, but -owing to the catastrophe of the main attack, this was abandoned. - -Jackson was too prudent to yield to the impulse to pursue the retreating -enemy, which he knew still outnumbered him by two to one, but kept in -readiness against a return assault. The British ten days later broke -camp and retired to their ships, and on January 28 set sail for the -Dauphine islands. Jackson maintained himself in constant readiness -against possibility of a return attack. - - - _The Judge Hall Fine_ - - As illustrative of Jackson’s character or one phase of that remarkable -character, brief mention is here given to the incident known as the -Judge Hall fine. When General Jackson began organizing for the defense -of New Orleans he put the city and environs under strict martial law. -While this was irksome to the civil authorities it was acquiesced in -because of the dire necessities of the situation. Rigid martial law was -continued after the battle of January 8, and after the departure of the -British from our shores. General Jackson took no chances of being caught -unprepared in case of another attack. Some time in February a delegation -was sent to the British fleet to arrange some exchanges. They reported -upon return that a passing ship had brought the news of the agreement -upon the peace treaty by the commissioners at Ghent. General Jackson -refused to abrogate martial law, saying the news might be a British -trick, or even if true the treaty must be ratified, and that in any -event he would await official dispatches from the Government. A pamphlet -appeared offensively criticizing the continuance of martial law. -Authorship was traced to a member of the legislature. General Jackson -had the offender arrested for spreading sedition in the camp. The -prisoner applied to Federal Judge Hall for a writ of habeas corpus, -which was granted. Thereupon General Jackson had Judge Hall also -arrested and conveyed outside the martial law jurisdiction. When later -(about March 13) official word came of the ratification of the treaty -with proclamation of peace, martial law was lifted. Judge Hall returned -and cited General Jackson to appear before him on the charge of contempt -of court. General Jackson, in civilian dress, responded. He was followed -to the court room by a large crowd of sympathizers. The judge showed -uneasiness, fearing a mob. General Jackson, mounting a seat, said: -“There is no danger here—there shall be none. The same hand that -protected this city from outrage by the invaders of the country will -shield and protect this court or perish in the effort.” Judge Hall -imposed a fine of a thousand dollars which General Jackson promptly -paid. When he left the courthouse a demonstrative populace took the -horses from his carriage and conveyed him in triumphal way to his -dwelling place. A public subscription was started to pay the amount of -the fine, but General Jackson halted it. In 1843, six years after -Jackson had retired from the Presidency, Congress refunded the fine plus -six per cent interest. This incident is given as one distinct refutation -of the charge so frequently made by Jackson’s enemies that he was -lawless, that he knew no law but his own will. From this instance, -occurring at a crucial time in his career, the conclusion, which may be -generally interpretative, is manifest that Jackson, no matter how -autocratic in authority, no matter how intolerant of cross current -interference, when occasion for authority ceased, submitted to, with -readiness if necessary to defend, the civil institutions of his country. - - - _Interim_ - - In 1817 and 1818 General Jackson conducted a successful campaign -against the Seminole Indians. His operations carried him into Spanish -territory and international trouble was feared. It, however, happily -ended in the cession by Spain to us of Florida. General Jackson was -appointed Governor of this territory, but after a brief service resigned -and returned to the Hermitage. - -In 1823-24 General Jackson again represented Tennessee in the United -States Senate. In 1824 he was a candidate for President of the United -States and received a plurality of the votes in the electoral college, -but no candidate having received a majority, under the Constitution the -election went to the House of Representatives, where John Quincy Adams -was chosen. - - - _The President_ - - In 1828 General Jackson was elected President, after a campaign marked -by much bitterness. He received 178 electoral votes, and John Quincy -Adams 83. In 1832 he was overwhelmingly re-elected, receiving 219 -electoral votes. Henry Clay received 49, John Floyd 11, and William Wirt -7. - -His administrations were the first to be classed as “Democratic.” Those -of Washington and John Adams were known as “Federal,” those of -Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams as -“Democratic-Republican.” - -General Jackson’s two administrations were marked by the force and power -of his great personality. One of his memorable achievements was his -prompt and effective dissipation of the cloud that hung over the Union -when South Carolina sought to nullify the Tariff Act, which her citizens -claimed was oppressive. President Jackson’s great proclamation in this -crisis electrified the nation. South Carolina repealed the nullification -act. Another outstanding feature of President Jackson’s administration -was his veto of the act passed by Congress to re-charter the United -States Bank. Congress declined to pass the bill over his veto, and the -Bank went out of existence as a Federal institution at the expiration of -its twenty-year charter in 1836. President Jackson, by direct -instruction in October, 1833, caused the removal of the Government’s -deposits from the U. S. Bank. This led to the establishment of the -sub-treasury system, by which the government became the custodian of its -own money and disbursed it in accordance with specific appropriations by -Congress. The removal of these deposits from the U. S. Bank created a -great furor. It was resented by the Bank and its friends. The U. S. -Bank, operating under charter from Congress, was undoubtedly a strong -political factor. It was the head of what was called the money power, -and represented an opposition so strong that no public man in America, -save Andrew Jackson, could have overcome it. An adverse Senate, under -the leadership of Messrs. Clay, Calhoun, and Webster, adopted a -resolution March, 1834, censuring the President for the removal of the -public money from the U. S. Bank. The resolution provoked great -resentment among the followers of Jackson throughout the country. Many -States, through their Legislatures, instructed their Senators to vote to -expunge the unwarranted resolution from the Senate records. On January -16, 1837, after a prolonged debate, in which Clay, Calhoun, and Webster -sought to stem the tide, a majority of the Senate voted to strike from -the record the offensive resolution. Then and there the journal of June, -1834, was produced and the Senate’s Secretary drew heavy ink lines -around the resolution and wrote across the face thereof the words, -“Expunged by order of the Senate.” - -In December, 1834, President Jackson announced the extinguishment of the -public debt. - -In 1835, one Richard Lawrence, afterwards pronounced insane, attempted -to assassinate President Jackson on the steps of the Capitol. The -brave-hearted President rushed upon his assailant with uplifted cane, -exclaiming: “Let me get to him, gentlemen; I am not afraid.” He would -not desist until the would-be assassin was overpowered. - -March 4, 1837, General Jackson ended his notable administration as Chief -Magistrate, leaving a Government practically free from debt and the -country in a highly prosperous condition. He retired to his beloved -Hermitage, which became a mecca for the leaders of his party. He -continued to exercise a potent influence upon the affairs of the nation -until his death, June 8, 1845. - -The direction which Andrew Jackson gave to our national life and the -marked impress he made upon it are still manifest. In every crisis his -memory has been, and is still being, invoked as an inspiration to -courage, honesty, and patriotism. - - - DOMESTIC - -General Jackson’s wife was Rachel Donelson. She first contracted a -marriage with Lewis Robards, who lived in the territory of Kentucky, -then under the jurisdiction of Virginia. The marriage was not a happy -one and she returned to her paternal home near Nashville. Robards -presented a petition for divorce to the Legislature of Virginia, -alleging desertion. At that time Legislatures passed upon and granted -divorces. The news came in 1791 that the divorce had been granted. Later -in the year Jackson and Mrs. Robards were married. It subsequently -developed that the Virginia Legislature had not granted the divorce -outright, but had authorized a court in the Kentucky territory to do so -upon hearing of the facts. The divorce was not made effective until late -in 1793. Immediately thereafter in 1794 Jackson and his wife were -remarried. While this irregularity was without intent on the part of -either, it was in after years used as the basis of attack upon Jackson -by his political enemies, being especially stressed by them in the -acrimonious campaign of 1828. These attacks were met by a plain -statement of the facts to the country by Judge Overton, General -Jackson’s close friend and one-time law partner. - -The attacks gave deep distress to Mrs. Jackson, who was a truly good and -noble woman and greatly beloved by all who knew her. One of the -outstanding features of General Jackson’s life was his tender devotion -to her. After her death this devotion continued to her memory until he -was laid by her side. It was given beautiful expression in the epitaph -which he himself wrote and which is carved upon her tomb in the -Hermitage garden. No student of Jackson should fail to read and reread -this epitaph. - -Mrs. Jackson died December 22, 1828, just after her husband’s election -to the Presidency. As he sat at her bier, he said: “What are all the -world and its honors to me since she is taken from me?” - -A great demonstration planned in Nashville in celebration of Jackson’s -election was cancelled on account of Mrs. Jackson’s death. - -General and Mrs. Jackson had no children. In 1809 they adopted the -infant son of Severn Donelson, brother of Mrs. Jackson, and named him -Andrew Jackson, Jr. He bore that name and became heir to all the estate. - - - _An Appraisal of Jackson_ - - Many volumes have been devoted to Andrew Jackson and probably many more -will be written. He looms bigger and bigger in perspective. Andrew -Jackson was absolutely and rigidly honest. - -He was absolutely without fear, having not only superb physical courage -but moral courage of the same degree. - -He was intensely patriotic, and having been cradled in the Revolution in -which as a boy he took part, he was imbued with the underlying spirit of -that conflict, and carried that spirit throughout his life and expressed -it in his acts. - -He agreed with Thomas Jefferson’s construction of the fundamental -purposes of government and became an active, dynamic exponent of -Jefferson’s democratic ideals; for example, believing in the doctrine of -special privileges to none, with his first message to Congress he began -the fight against renewal of the charter of the United States Bank, then -grown into a great financial and political power, and continued until he -finally destroyed that beneficiary of privilege. - -He had what might be called a dominating personality, inspiring a -devoted and confident following, as is the case with a leader who always -knows just where he is and why he is there; he had an iron will which -surmounted difficulties and mastered his own physical infirmities. - -He had at times a violent temper, but it was always subject to his will. - -He had the power of forming quick, comprehensive, and just judgment, and -the faculty of putting judgment once formed into immediate execution. - -In manner he was considerate and scrupulously courteous, being called by -one writer the most polite gentleman in the world. - -The rare devotion of his friends and those nearest in contact to him -gives attestation to a warm and kindly nature, probably nothing giving -stronger evidence of this nature than the letters of fatherly advice -written from the White House to his youthful ward, Hutchins. - -His messages are among the strongest papers of all the Presidents, -breathing lofty statesmanship and patriotism inspiring to all who read. - -His two terms as President marked a distinct advance in popular -government, and ushered in a new era. - -No appraisal of Jackson could be complete without inclusion of reference -to the military phase of his remarkable career. His military genius was -little short of marvelous. It aimed at and achieved success in every -campaign he commanded. It gives him rank as one of the greatest generals -of our history. It was conspicuously and gloriously displayed in saving -the Republic at a critical hour. But that military genius was never -exercised except for his country’s defense, being subordinated at all -times to high conception of his country’s good. If, on the other hand, -he had loved military glory for that glory’s sake, if he had been of the -Man-on-Horseback type, that genius and his powers of leadership might -have carried him far in the lists of the world’s military chieftains. We -are told that Napoleon Bonaparte, during the hundred days of his return -from Elba, studied Jackson’s defense of New Orleans. - - - _The Duel With Dickinson_ - - The duel between General Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson, in which -the latter lost his life, occurred May 30, 1806. Historians commonly -agree that the feeling between the two men had its inception in remarks -made by Dickinson concerning Jackson’s marriage. Dickinson was reputed -to have said that Jackson was entitled to great military honors because -he had captured another man’s wife. Jackson taxed Dickinson with having -made that statement and Dickinson apologized, saying he must have been -in his cups at this time. While the incident thus passed, it is manifest -that a spirit of animosity was engendered between the two. Being -gentlemen, both were adverse to predicating a duel or fight upon a -woman’s name. The duel had its ostensible origin in a projected horse -race which did not materialize. In 1805 Jackson was the owner of a -celebrated horse, Truxton, and in the autumn of that year a match was -arranged between Truxton and Ploughboy, a horse owned by Captain Joseph -Ervin, father-in-law of Charles Dickinson. The stakes were $2,000 with a -provision for a forfeit of $800 should either horse fail to appear. -Before the race Ploughboy went lame and was withdrawn, Captain Ervin -paying the stipulated forfeit in certain notes. These notes became the -subject of controversy in which Dickinson entered. It seems manifest -that Jackson believed that Dickinson was a member of a clique in -Nashville that wanted to draw him (Jackson) into trouble. - -The mock heroic challenge of one Thomas Swann, to which he responded by -a public caning of the challenger, Jackson regarded as inspired by -Dickinson, and in his letter to Swann (before Swann’s challenge) he -charged that Dickinson was the instigator. Dickinson responded, using -this language in conclusion: “As to the word ‘coward,’ I think it is as -applicable to yourself as to anybody I know. And I shall be very glad -when an opportunity serves to know in what manner you give your -‘anodynes,’ and hope you will take in payment one of my most moderate -cathartics.” After sending this letter Dickinson left for New Orleans, -where he remained four months. In the meantime Jackson had a newspaper -controversy with Swann, in which he did not hesitate to connect -Dickinson with Swann and to ascribe to them sinister motives. After -Dickinson’s return he gave a communication to the press in which he -denounced Jackson as “a worthless scoundrel, a poltroon, and a coward.” -Jackson immediately challenged Dickinson to a duel, and the challenge -was accepted before the day ended. General Thomas Overton was Jackson’s -second, and Dr. Hanson Catlet the second for Dickinson. The meeting was -arranged for Friday, May 30, 1806, at Harrison Mills on Red River, Logan -County, Kentucky, the hour being seven o’clock in the morning. Here is -the language of the agreement: “The distance shall be twenty-four feet, -the parties facing each other with their pistols down perpendicularly. -When they are ready, the single word ‘Fire’ is to be given, at which -they are to fire as soon as they please. Should either fire before the -word is given, we pledge ourselves to shoot him down instantly. The -person to give the word to be determined by lot; also the choice of -positions. We mutually agree that the above regulations shall be -observed in the affair of honor depending between General Andrew Jackson -and Charles Dickinson, Esq.” The place fixed for the meeting was a long -day’s ride from Nashville and the duelists were obliged to start about -twenty-four hours in advance of the hour set. Dickinson, in addition to -his second, was accompanied by a gay party of friends. On the journey he -is said to have performed feats with his pistol, which were related to -Jackson and Overton, who followed. After spending the night in -neighboring cabins both combatants were on the field at the hour -appointed. Overton won the right to give the word. As soon as he called -“Fire,” Dickinson shot and the dust arose from Jackson’s coat. While -badly wounded, Jackson, with deliberation, aimed and fired, and -Dickinson reeled, shot through the body. He died that night. Jackson was -hit in the left breast. He suffered from the wound at periods years -afterwards. - - [Illustration: ANDREW JACKSON, JR.] - - [Illustration: MRS. SARAH YORK JACKSON] - - - MRS. SARAH YORK JACKSON - - _By_ Mrs. Walter Stokes - -No history of the Hermitage could be complete without a sketch of Mrs. -Sarah York Jackson, the beloved daughter-in-law of General Jackson. She -was the daughter of Peter Stilley and Mary Haines York, a wealthy -shipowner of Philadelphia. She and her two sisters were left orphans at -an early age and were educated at Miss Mallon’s School for Young Ladies -in Philadelphia. Sarah was the second and most beautiful of the sisters -and always said she would never marry unless the President should come -courting. One day, while out walking, in the early spring, she met a -cousin of hers, a young army officer, in company with a very handsome -young man. The handsome young man proved to be the President’s son, -Andrew Jackson, Jr. They were introduced. It was love at first sight. -The President approved, and they were married in October, 1831, at the -home of her sister, Mrs. Joshua Lippincott, in Philadelphia, going -immediately by carriage to the White House in Washington, where a -brilliant reception was held in her honor, and where President Jackson -received her with the greatest affection and pride. At this reception -she wore the lovely wedding dress which is now on display in the -National Museum in Washington, with the costumes of the other mistresses -of the White House. Her portrait was painted at this time by Earl. The -red velvet dress pictured is in the Hermitage museum. - -This portrait hangs in the dining room at the Hermitage, of which the -accompanying picture is a copy. An old copy hangs in the White House, of -which she was mistress for some years, a position which, by her natural -grace and tact and great beauty, she was eminently fitted to fill. All -of her children were born at the Hermitage, and the family was the -solace and comfort of General Jackson’s declining years. She had grown -dearer and dearer to his heart and came next to his beloved wife, -Rachel, who had died when he was elected President. - - [Illustration: HERMITAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - -Erected in 1823, across the Lebanon Road from Rachel’s Lane, this church -is open to the public and services are still held there. General -Jackson, to please his devoutly religious, beloved wife, was the largest -contributor to the building fund and always referred to it as “Mrs. -Jackson’s Church.” In his latter years he was a faithful member, -frequently arriving before the service with his man servant to see that -the fires were properly made. Two log fireplaces were used for heat, -home-made brick for flooring, and candles for lighting.] - - - - - _The_ HERMITAGE - - - [Illustration: The log cabin located at the northeast corner of the - Hermitage grounds is part of the group of log houses which comprised - the original Hermitage, where General and Mrs. Jackson resided from - 1804 until 1819.] - -The first home in which Andrew Jackson and Rachel, his wife, lived was -at Poplar Grove. This tract of land was bought by Andrew Jackson from -Captain John Donelson, brother of Mrs. Jackson, on April 30, 1793, for -the sum of one hundred pounds. In the deed its location is described as -being “on the south side of Cumberland River in Jones’ Bend ... being -the lower end of a survey of 630 acres granted the said John Donelson by -patent....” - -When the Jacksons returned to Nashville from Natchez in the early autumn -of 1791 they made their home with Mrs. Jackson’s mother, Mrs. John -Donelson, who lived on the opposite side of the river from Jackson’s -property in Jones’ Bend, near the present pike which leads from -Nashville to Gallatin. Indian hostilities and the long absences -necessitated by Andrew Jackson’s legal business in the courts of both -the Cumberland and the Holston settlements, made it impossible for him -to leave his bride in the home located outside of the heavily fortified -portions of the settlement. Sometime between April 30, 1793, and the -spring of 1794, however, a home was built at Poplar Grove and occupied. -A letter of Andrew Jackson’s dated May 16, 1794, was headed “Poplar -Grove.” Even then Poplar Grove was not safe, for as late as September, -1794, reports to the War Department state that five men were fired upon -by the Indians. - -On March 7, 1796, Andrew Jackson bought the Hunter’s Hill tract of 640 -acres from John Shannon for the sum of $700. The Hunter’s Hill house was -located about two miles from the present Hermitage mansion. - -A little more than a month and a half after the sale of the Hunter’s -Hill property, Andrew Jackson purchased the Hermitage estate. On the -twenty-third of August, 1804, he paid Nathaniel Hays $3,400 for the -425-acre tract, “with its appurtenances,” which was to become “The -Hermitage.” This reference to appurtenances supports the statement made -in later years by Mrs. James K. Polk, wife of the eleventh President of -the United States, that the Hermitage of the log cabin period “was not -the commodious country house so familiar to devout Democrats in -pilgrimages of later years. It was a group of log houses in close -proximity to each other. The principal one had been built for a -block-house in the days of Indian alarms, afterwards used as a store -and, about 1804, converted into a dwelling. It, like all block-houses, -was two stories high. Near it were three smaller houses, one story high, -with low attics. These were used as lodgings for members of the family -or guests.” - -Aaron Burr was entertained in these log buildings when he made his -famous visits to the Hermitage in 1805 and 1806, and it was to this -humble home that General Jackson returned after the Battle of New -Orleans (January 8, 1815), which had made him the Conquering Hero and -idol of the nation. - -Sometime during 1818 the site of the brick mansion was selected and the -square house which forms the central portion of the present building was -erected. Diligent research by the leading Jackson students of the nation -has failed to reveal the exact date or details of the construction of -this building. It is generally agreed, however, that it was completed in -1819 and was occupied when President Monroe was a guest at the Hermitage -in June, 1819. The Marquis de Lafayette was entertained in this building -in 1825, and many other celebrities knew its hospitality. The simple, -but commodious home was the center of the 1828 campaign which resulted -in electing Andrew Jackson to the presidency of the United States. - -In 1831 wings and other improvements were added to the square brick -building which had been erected in 1818-1819. At this time the present -kitchen and smoke-house were built and the tomb in the garden was -erected. Three years later—October 13, 1834—fire destroyed much of the -interior and the roof of the building. The present dining-room wing, the -kitchen, and out-houses were not burned, however. With the exception of -a few large pieces on the second floor, all of the furniture, as well as -General Jackson’s valuable papers, clothing, and gifts received after -the victory at New Orleans, were saved. - -With the rebuilding the gabled roofs on the wings and central portions -of the building were changed to their present appearance and the ten -rather unattractive columns of the 1831 building gave place to the -present stately ones. The interior was also improved. The mansion, as it -stands today, was repaired and ready for occupancy by May, 1835. The -walls, being sturdily built in the beginning, withstood the fire, making -it necessary for only the woodwork and the interiors to be rebuilt. - -General Jackson died in 1845 at the age of 78 years, and was buried by -the side of his wife in the tomb in the garden. - -The Hermitage Farm, of 500 acres, was sold by Andrew Jackson, Jr., in -1856, to the State of Tennessee for the sum of $48,000. - -Andrew Jackson, Jr., and his family then left the Hermitage, but, at the -invitation and solicitation of Gov. Isham G. Harris, returned in 1860 to -become its custodian until further disposition could be made of the -property. - -The State of Tennessee offered the Hermitage to the United States -Government for a branch of West Point Academy, but the Civil War -prevented the consummation of the plan. - -The family of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., remained at the -Hermitage during the Civil War. - -General George H. Thomas, commandant of the post at Nashville during the -Civil War, sent out a detailed guard to protect the place and save it -from devastation. - -Andrew Jackson, Jr., died at the Hermitage in 1865, leaving his widow, -Mrs. Sarah Jackson, and her widowed sister, Mrs. Marion Adams, the sole -occupants of the Hermitage. The daughter, Rachel, had married Dr. John -M. Lawrence, and all the young men, the sons of Andrew and Sarah -Jackson, also those of Mrs. Adams, five in number, joined the -Confederate Service. Only one, Col. Andrew Jackson, returned. - -The State Legislature allowed Mrs. Sarah Jackson to remain tenant at -will, during her life, at the Hermitage. She died in 1888, her sister, -Mrs. Adams, having preceded her to the grave. Both are buried in the -garden. - -Col. Andrew Jackson, III, after serving gallantly as Colonel of -Artillery in the Confederate Army, returned, the only surviving soldier -of the Hermitage family, a released prisoner from Camp Chase. He -remained with his mother during her life and by her will inherited the -household furniture, mementoes, and relics of the old hero. Colonel -Jackson died in Knoxville, Tenn., December 17, 1906, and was buried in -the Hermitage garden by the side of his brother, Capt. Samuel Jackson. -Andrew Jackson, IV, son of Colonel and Mrs. Jackson, died in Los -Angeles, California, 1953, and is buried in the Hermitage garden. His -brother, Albert Marble Jackson, was reputedly lost at sea. - - - THE LADIES’ HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION - -Mrs. Andrew Jackson, III (Amy Rich), conceived the idea of the Ladies’ -Hermitage Association. The organizers were Andrew Jackson, III, Mrs. -Mary C. Dorris, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Donelson. - -On February 19, 1889, Mrs. Rachel J. Lawrence, Mary W. May, Mrs. Mary -Hadly Clare, Mrs. E. L. Nicholson, Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Mrs. -Henry Heiss, and Mrs. Mary C. Dorris applied to the State of Tennessee -and were granted a charter incorporating the Ladies’ Hermitage -Association. The objects of the Association stated in the charter were -to purchase from the State of Tennessee certain land, including the -residence and tomb of Andrew Jackson, and to “beautify, preserve, and -adorn the same throughout all coming years, in a manner most befitting -the memory of that great man, and commensurate with the gratitude of his -countrymen.” The General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, on April 5, -1889, conveyed to Trustees for the Ladies’ Hermitage Association -twenty-five acres of the Hermitage farm, including the house, tomb, and -surrounding buildings. - -Dr. and Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley rendered very efficient service in -securing from the State Legislature the original conveyance of -twenty-five acres to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. - -The General Assembly of the State of Tennessee (Chapter No. 27, Public -Acts of Tennessee, 1923), at the earnest solicitation of the Officers -and Directors of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association, conveyed 232⁵/₁₀ -acres of the Hermitage farm, located in the Fourth Civil District of -Davidson County, Tennessee, to the Board of Trustees for the Ladies’ -Hermitage Association, to the end that said Ladies’ Hermitage -Association be permitted and encouraged to preserve and beautify same, -so as to display the respect, love, and affection which a grateful State -and people cherish for their illustrious hero and statesman, Andrew -Jackson. - -The General Assembly of the State of Tennessee in 1935, by Public Act, -conveyed 500 acres of the original Hermitage farm tract to the Board of -Trustees to be maintained under the care and custody of the Ladies’ -Hermitage Association. The Hermitage farm is now under the supervision -of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association for preservation as a perpetual -memorial. In 1960 the Association acquired 125 acres adjoining the north -boundary as protection against future industrial or housing -developments, bringing the total acreage to 625. - -The furniture and relics were in the Hermitage at the time of the -organization of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association in 1889, and Col. -Andrew Jackson gave the Association an option upon them. But failing to -raise the necessary money after four years’ trial, the entire collection -of relics and furniture was removed in 1893 by the owner, Col. Andrew -Jackson, to Cincinnati, where he had them on exhibition for pay. This -venture was not a success, so they were returned to Nashville. From this -collection and from various members of the family and others, the -Association has bought the relics it now owns, that so beautifully adorn -the residence where they first were placed. - -The Association in its early years put forth untiring efforts to raise -the funds necessary to restore the mansion and collect the original -furnishings and relics. It inaugurated various enterprises, such as -lectures, concerts, balls, etc. - -President Theodore Roosevelt visited the Hermitage, October 22, 1907, -and in a speech then promised government aid. He incorporated the matter -in his annual message, and as a result and through the efforts of -Senator James B. Frazier and Congressman John W. Gaines, both of whom -were trustees, Congress made an appropriation of $5,000 to repair and -improve the Hermitage. The present sources of revenue are admission -fees, souvenir shop sales, and Association membership dues. - -The collection of relics and furniture now in the house is the result of -years of effort of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. It is interesting -to note, in this connection, that the Hermitage is the only great -National Shrine in this country having original furnishings throughout. -All furnishings in the house originally belonged to General Jackson, -with the exception of a few articles which, in each case, are noted in -the catalogue. - -In 1961, the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of the -Interior designated the Hermitage as a Registered National Historic -Landmark. - -For forty-five years following the opening of the Hermitage to the -public, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Baker served as careful and dedicated -custodians of the buildings and grounds. They were succeeded by their -son, Andrew Jackson Baker, who was born at the Hermitage, and his wife, -and it is due to their continued dedication and interest that the -Hermitage has maintained its reputation as the nation’s best-kept -shrine. Due to ill health, Mr. Baker resigned in 1963. - -The present custodian is Steve S. Lawrence. - - - ANDREW JACKSON CHRONOLOGY - BY W. B. MARR - - 1767 March 5 Born near the line between South Carolina and - North Carolina. - 1784 Fall Began study of law. - 1787 May Admitted to practice law in North Carolina. - 1788 August 2 Duel with Colonel Waightstill Avery at Jonesboro. - 1788 Spring Appointed public prosecutor for territory south of - Ohio River. - 1791 August Married Mrs. Rachel Donelson Robards at Natchez, - Miss. - 1796 January 1 Member first constitutional convention of - Tennessee. - 1796 Elected representative In Congress from Tennessee. - 1797 November 2 Appointed by Governor Sevier Senator from - Tennessee, succeeding William Blount, resigned. - 1798 June Resigned from Senate. - 1798 Elected member of the superior court of law and - equity. - 1801 Elected major-general of Tennessee militia. - 1804 Moved from Hunter’s Hill to log house, original - Hermitage. - 1804 July 4 Resigned from superior court. - 1805-6 Entertained Aaron Burr. - 1806 May 30 Duel with Charles Dickinson. - 1809 Nephew of Mrs. Jackson adopted, named Andrew - Jackson, Jr. - 1812 June 5 Offered services of Tennessee Volunteers to the - United States Government in the War of 1812. - 1813 January 7 Started for New Orleans with Tennessee Militia. - 1813 February 15 Arrived at Natchez. - 1813 March 25 Started home from Natchez. - 1813 April 22 Returned to Hermitage. - 1813 September 4 Wounded in affray with Thomas H. and Jesse Benton. - 1813 October 11 Started with his command for the Creek War. - 1813 November 3 Battle of Talluschatches, Creek War. - 1813 November 9 Battle of Talladega, Creek War. - 1814 January 22 Battle of Emuckfau, Creek War. - 1814 January 24 Battle of Enotocopco, Creek War. - 1814 March 27 Battle of the Horseshoe, Creek War. - 1814 April 19 Appointed Brigadier-General United States Army. - 1814 May 1 Appointed Major-General United States Army, Vice - William Henry Harrison, resigned. - 1814 August 10 Had treaty with Creeks signed. - 1814 September 9 Started first Florida campaign. - 1814 December 2 Arrived at New Orleans for the defense of the city. - 1814 December 16 Declared martial law in New Orleans. - 1814 December 23 First battle in defense of New Orleans. - 1815 January 1 Second battle in defense of New Orleans. - 1815 January 8 Won battle of New Orleans. - 1815 March 5 Caused the arrest of Judge Dominick A. Hall, - United States District Judge at New Orleans. - 1815 March 13 Abrogated martial law at New Orleans. - 1815 March 24 Fined $1,000 by Judge Dominick A. Hall for - contempt of court, which Jackson paid the same - day, and which was refunded by Congress with - interest in 1842. - 1815 May 15 Arrived at Nashville from New Orleans. - 1817 December 26 Entered upon second Florida campaign. - 1818 April 28 Caused the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister. - 1819 February 8 House of Representatives in Congress sustained - Jackson’s conduct in the Florida campaign. - 1819 Jan. and Feb. Visited eastern cities. - 1819 February Spain ceded Florida to the United States. - 1819 Built Brick Hermitage. - 1821 Appointed by President Monroe governor of Florida. - 1821 May 31 Resigned from the army. - 1821 July 17 Took possession of Florida as governor, and it - became a territory of the United States. - 1821 October Resigned as governor of Florida, and returned to - Hermitage. - 1822 July 20 Nominated for President by the Legislature of - Tennessee. - 1823 Offered and declined mission to Mexico. - 1823 October Elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee. - 1823 Contributed major part of funds for building - Presbyterian church in Hermitage neighborhood. - 1824 March 4 Nominated for President by the Pennsylvania - convention. - 1824 November 4 Received plurality of electoral votes for - President. - 1825 February 9 Defeated for President in the House of - Representatives in Congress by John Quincy Adams, - who received the vote of thirteen states, Jackson - seven, William H. Crawford of Georgia four. - 1825 Lafayette visited the Hermitage. - 1825 October Resigned from the United States Senate. - 1825 October Renominated for President by the Legislature of - Tennessee. - 1826 or 1827 Communion Sunday, date uncertain, promised Mrs. - Jackson to join the church when out of politics. - 1828 November Elected President of the United States. - 1828 December 22 Death of Mrs. Jackson. - 1829 January 17 Left Hermitage for his inauguration. - 1829 March 4 Inaugurated President. - 1830 April 13 Offered toast: “Our federal union, it must be - preserved,” at Jefferson’s birthday dinner. - 1830 December 7 Recommended that the Southern Indians be removed - to the Indian Territory. - 1831 Two wings added to the Hermitage. - 1832 July 10 Vetoed bill re-chartering the Bank of the United - States. - 1832 November Re-elected President of the United States. - 1832 December 10 Issued proclamation to nullifiers of South - Carolina. - 1833 June 26 Harvard College conferred the degree of LL.D. - 1833 September 23 Ordered withdrawal of deposits from the Bank of - the United States. - 1834 Hermitage damaged by fire; repaired. No changes - since. - 1834 March 28 Censured by Senate by resolution for removing - public deposits from the Bank of the United States. - 1835 December 29 Treaty with the Cherokee Indians for their removal - to Indian Territory. - 1835 January 8 Proclaimed the payment in full of national debt of - the United States. - 1837 January 16 Resolution passed in the Senate expunging the - resolution of censure of 1834. - 1837 March 4 Issued farewell address to people of the United - States. - 1839 Became a member of the Presbyterian Church near - the Hermitage. - 1840 January 18 Visited New Orleans. - 1845 June 8 Sunday, at 6 P.M., died. - 1845 June 10 Buried by the side of Mrs. Jackson at the - Hermitage. - - - _The Carriage House_ - - In 1897, Col. Andrew Jackson, from whom most of the relics were -purchased, sold to the Association the interesting old coach used by -Jackson at the White House for state, ceremonial, and social purposes -and for several trips to the Hermitage. The trip to the Hermitage took -thirty days’ time. His journeys were a continual ovation. - -The skeleton of the phaeton is all that is left of the beautiful vehicle -presented to General Jackson by the “Democratic-Republican” citizens of -Philadelphia. It was made from timbers taken from the old ship -Constitution. The phaeton in which General Jackson rode with Martin Van -Buren to the latter’s inauguration was damaged by fire in Cincinnati, -where the Jackson relics were stored before being acquired by the -Ladies’ Hermitage Association. (Photograph is on wall.) - -Stone doorstep in front of carriage house was presented to Col. W. W. -Parks by General Jackson. Given to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association by -his granddaughters, Misses Annie and Grace Handly. - -Display boards on the walls show photostats of the Library of Congress -letters of Rachel Jackson, personal accounts of life at the Hermitage -taken from letters and histories, and pamphlets relating to the life and -times of President Andrew Jackson, presented to the Hermitage by C. -Lawrence Winn, great-grandson of Andrew Jackson, Jr. - -Anvil, used in shoeing General Jackson’s race horses. - -Carpenter’s plane, said to have been used by William McCreary in -building the Hermitage. Given by Stanley F. Horn. - - - _The Museum_ - - The brick house now used as a museum, which was restored and built on -the original foundation, was formerly used for house servants. This is -the only piece of restoration on the grounds, the brick having been made -on the Hermitage grounds years ago. - - - - -THE MUSEUM - - - [Illustration: The Museum] - - - SOUTH ROOM - - - On the Walls: - 1. Lace veil intended for Mrs. Rachel Jackson to wear at Jackson’s - inauguration in 1829, but her death occurred shortly before. - The veil was presented by the ladies of Cincinnati. Each - letter in the name Jackson is made from a different pattern of - lace. The twenty-four stars above the name represent the 24 - states, and in the center is an emblem of peace. This veil was - inherited by Miss Mary Wilcox from her grandmother, Mrs. - Andrew J. Donelson. Miss Wilcox presented the veil to the - Tennessee Woman’s Historical Association, which, in turn, - presented it to the Hermitage Association. - 2. Pictures of Jackson’s cabinet members in 1829. - 3. Part of original parlor draperies. - 4. Part of original bedroom draperies. - 5. Jackson’s portrait by Michael Nachtreib, a copy of the Dodge - Miniature, is the likeness of Jackson widely used on stamp and - currency issues. - 6. Part of original parlor curtains. - - - Case No. 1 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. Gold sword presented to Andrew Jackson by the City of - Philadelphia after the Battle of New Orleans. - 2. Unique gun cane. - 3. Turkish sword presented to General Jackson. - 4. Cannon ball used in the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. - Presented by Mrs. Burrell Jackson. - 5. Sword captured at the Battle of New Orleans by General Jackson. - Bought by the Association in 1897. - 6. Cavalry sabre, captured at the Battle of New Orleans, bearing the - coat of arms of the English Government and the initials G. R. - (George Rex, III). Presented by W. E. Metzger. - 7. Blade of sword presented to General Jackson by the citizens of - New Orleans. This sword was bequeathed to Col. Andrew Jackson - Coffee. Presented by Alexander D. Coffee. - 8. Air gun and pump. - - - Shelf No. 2: - 9. Leather shot pouch belonging to Andrew Jackson, Jr. - 10. Sword said to have been used by Jackson at the Battle of New - Orleans. Presented by Mrs. W. M. Calhoun. - 11. Sword used by General Coffee at the Battle of New Orleans. - 12. Piece of dining room floor laid in 1835 and removed in 1894. - 13. Piece of the old bridge built by General Jackson’s troops to - cross a swamp at the head of the Bayou Grand near Fort - Barrancas, Fla. - 14. Gold sword presented to General Jackson July 4, 1822, by the - State of Tennessee for his services at the Battle of New - Orleans. It was bequeathed to Andrew J. Donelson, his former - secretary. Purchased by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association in - 1940. - - - Shelf No. 3: - 15. Wax candle found in Cornwallis’ tent in Yorktown the night of - his surrender to Washington. Presented to General Jackson who - highly prized it and lighted it on each anniversary of the - Battle of New Orleans. - 16. Foresight of one of the cannons used at the Battle of New - Orleans. Presented by Capt. E. W. Averell to Mrs. Bettie M. - Donelson for the Hermitage Association. - 18. Old door knob, removed from one of the doors. - 19. Pieces of marble from the tomb of Mary Washington, mother of - General George Washington; the cornerstone was laid by Jackson - in 1833. Presented by Walter B. Parmer. - 20. Military Regalia of General Jackson, presented by Joseph Horton - Fall and John Hill Eakin. - 21. United States cutlass used on the American Brig Carolina in a - fight against the British in 1814-15, under General Jackson. - 22. Silver mounted cane of General Jackson. - 23. Italian carved cane, presented to General Jackson. - 24. Gold-headed cane presented to General Jackson by Lt. Col. - William L. Harneys, 2nd U. S. Dragoons, Sept. 30, 1838. - 25. Walking cane of hickory. - 26. Gun cane. - 27. Cane made from wood that grew at the tomb of General Washington - at Mt. Vernon. Presented by John Bigelow to General Jackson. - 28. Folding bamboo camp chair. - 29. Walking stick, presented to President Jackson by Thomas Hart - Benton and John C. Calhoun and presented to the Hermitage - Association by Mrs. J. A. Mitchell, Macon, Ga. - - - Shelf No. 4: - 30. Shakespeare volume given and inscribed by Jackson to Henry L. - Rucker of Cincinnati, 1837. Presented by Mrs. C. P. J. Mooney, - 1950. - 31. A British Dragoon flintlock holster pistol found on Jackson’s - battlefield at New Orleans in 1850. Presented by W. E. - Metzger. - 32. A stone from the grave of Andrew Jackson, father of General - Jackson, who died in 1767. The grave is at Waxhaws Churchyard, - S. C., and the stone was procured by Mr. Walter Lacoste Wilson - and sent to Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, who presented it to - the Hermitage Association. - 33. Dueling pistol (one of a pair) owned by General Jackson. - Presented by Miss Spon. The whereabouts of the other is not - known. - 34. Pistol used at New Orleans. Presented by Bettie Hoffstetter - Reise. - 35. English bayonet embedded in cypress root, found on the - battlefield at New Orleans and presented to General Jackson in - 1844. - 36. The sword and belt of Capt. Samuel Jackson, C. S. A., grandson - of General Jackson. - 37. Powder flask used by General Jackson at the Battle of New - Orleans. - 38. Old pair of shears. - 39. Rifle ornamented with plates of German silver, was given by - General Jackson to Andrew Jackson, Jr. It was given by the - Jacksons at the Hermitage in 1861 when a call was made for - guns by the Southern Confederacy. Purchased at Clarksville, - Tennessee, by a Federal officer whose son sold it to Mrs. B. - F. Wilson, who presented it to the Ladies’ Hermitage - Association. - - - Shelf No. 5: - 40. Picture of Judge Spruce Macay, Justice of the North Carolina - Supreme Court, law preceptor of Andrew Jackson. Gift of - Archibald Henderson of North Carolina. - 41. Jackson’s license to practice law, 1787, North Carolina. - 42. Commission of Major-General, issued to Andrew Jackson, 1801, by - Archibald Roane, Governor of Tennessee. Given by J. McGavock - Dickinson. - 43. Healy’s account of his visit to the Hermitage to paint Jackson’s - portrait as commissioned by Louis Philippe. - 44. Framed Declaration of Independence. - 45. Letter to General Jackson from Bishop Henry Conwell, Roman - Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia, written when he was in Rome, - containing a picture to Pope Leo XII. Presented by Mrs. Bettie - M. Donelson. - - - Case No. 2 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. Door scraper, one of a pair used on the front porch. - 1A. Original bedspread used until recently in Jackson’s room, with - initials R. J. in center. - 2. Mexican leggings, hand-tooled leather. Presented to Major-General - Andrew Jackson by Gov. Sam Houston. - 3. Old account books of Jackson’s & Hutchings’ Store, December 26, - 1803-June 15, 1804. - 4. Part of one of the original lace curtains. - 5. Fringe made and used by Rachel Jackson for a bedspread. Presented - by Miss Emma Hoffstetter. - 6. Sample of original chintz in Jackson’s bedroom. Presented by Miss - Cora Watson, having been given by Rachel Jackson to a member - of her family, who were the Jacksons’ neighbors. - 7. Lace collar given by Rachel Jackson to Mrs. Governor Carroll, who - gave it to her niece, Miss Bradford. At her death, at the age - of 95, it was inherited by her niece, Mrs. Lizzie Miller - Jones, who presented it to the Association. - - - Shelf No. 2: - 8. Flat silver used at the Hermitage and at the White House, and two - mahogany cases in which it was kept. Silver knife and - corkscrew which belonged to Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Ramsey - McIver, II. - - - Shelf No. 3: - 9. Gold watch of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. - 9A. Memorandum book of Sarah York and Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1859, and - his vest. - 10. Daguerreotype of Captain Samuel Jackson, C.S.A., grandson of - General Andrew Jackson, who was killed at the Battle of - Chickamauga. - 11. Two daguerreotypes of Andrew Jackson, Jr., adopted son of - General and Mrs. Jackson. - 12. Miniature of Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, only daughter of the - Jacksons’ adopted son. Her visiting card and that of her - husband, which were given by Mrs. Richard Plater. - 13. Portion of a gold link chain purchased by General Jackson in - Philadelphia, 1831, and presented to his daughter-in-law, - Sarah York Jackson. Given by Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson. The - other portion of this chain was purchased from Miss Fannie O. - Walton, great-great-niece of Mrs. Jackson. - 14. The christening robe was worn by the children of Andrew and - Sarah York Jackson. - 15. The baby cap, which belonged to Rachel Jackson Lawrence, was - given by her grandson, C. Lawrence Winn. - 15A. Heart pin cushion, made by Rachel Jackson Lawrence of dress - scraps from the Hermitage household. Given by Mrs. R. H. - Oliphant, whose mother received it from a member of the - Jackson family. The second heart pincushion, also made by - Rachel Jackson Lawrence, the pearls from the Sarah York - Jackson necklace, and the sample of the lining of the Jackson - coach were acquired from Miss Effie McIver, whose forebears - were close friends of the Jacksons. - 16. Pearls which were given to Mrs. Sarah York Jackson, wife of - Andrew Jackson, Jr., by President Jackson, when she went to - the White House as a bride in 1831. She wore them to - receptions given in her honor as a bride and also later as - lady of the White House. The pearls have adorned seven brides - in the immediate Jackson family. Purchased from the family by - the Hermitage Association. - 17. Small knife and fork set; were given by General Jackson to his - grandson, Andrew Jackson, III. - 18. Invitation to General Jackson’s funeral. Presented by Mrs. M. G. - Buckner. - 19. Presidential ticket (printed on satin) announcing Andrew - Jackson’s candidacy for the Presidency. Presented by N. B. - Patterson, of Chicago. Printed by his grandfather, Col. J. B. - Patterson, who was subsequently editor of the _Jacksonian_. - 20. Bank book of General Jackson, dated 1810. - 21. Physician’s statement, 1826. Presented by Mrs. Leonard K. - Whitworth. - 22. Knife of General Jackson. Presented by J. H. Baker. - 23. Engraving of Judge John Overton, Jackson’s law partner and - life-long friend. Presented by his great-grandson, J. McGavock - Dickinson, Jr. - 24. Letter from Andrew Jackson to the Hon. John Overton, August 21, - 1831. Presented by Judge John H. DeWitt. - 25. General Jackson’s ruler, with outstanding dates of his life - engraved thereon. - 26. Pair of scales for weighing gold coin. - 27. General Jackson’s lancet, used by Dr. Esselman when he bled his - patient. Presented by Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence. - 28. Original photograph of Dr. Benjamin Rohrer, physician to - President Jackson during the entire time he was in the White - House. Presented by Cordelia Jackson, 1922. - 29. Latin Bible belonging to General Jackson, printed in Anno - MDXCIII. - 30. Prayer book of General Jackson. - 31. Bible of Rachel Jackson. - 32. Brass compass of General Jackson which was like one used by - George Washington at Valley Forge. - 33. Hair of General Jackson in two frames, and lock of his hair - presented by Mrs. Jack M. Bass. - 34. Jackson’s peace medal. - 35. Jackson’s temperance medal. - 36. Billfold purchased by General Jackson in Tuscumbia, Ala., May 3, - 1828. - 37. Pocket comb belonging to General Jackson. - 38. Miniature gloves made by an admirer and presented to Andrew - Jackson. - 39. Congressional medal, presented to Major-General Andrew Jackson - after the Battle of New Orleans. - 40. Picture of General Jackson and lock of his hair. - 41. Porcelain French pipe. - 42. Real amber pipe. - 43. Pipe from the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, where Davy Crockett - died. - 44. Turkish wooden pipe. - 45. Two snuff boxes. - 46. Sunglass used to light his pipe. Presented by Roy Roe of Mobile, - Ala., to Mrs. George Nelson of Murfreesboro, who presented it - to the Association. - 47. Dutch pipe. - 48. Jackson’s watch, engraved: “Presented to General Andrew Jackson - by W. W. C. January 12, 1815.” Given by Rogers C. Caldwell in - memory of his mother. - 49. General Jackson’s Prayer Book. - 50. The stick pin worn by President Jackson. Presented by Mr. and - Mrs. T. Graham Hall, in memory of his mother, Mrs. Jennie - McIver Hall. - 51. Gold-rimmed glasses worn by General Jackson until a few years - before his death and presented by him to his daughter-in-law, - Mrs. Sarah York Jackson. She gave them to the only - granddaughter, Rachel Jackson, who presented them to John - Marshall Lawrence. Purchased from him by the Association. - 52. Miniature of Rachel Jackson, worn by General Jackson - continuously until his death and only removed at night and - placed with his Bible on a table by his bed. - - - Shelf No. 4: - 53. “The Works of Lord Byron,” presented to Jackson by Earl. - Interesting letter from Byron to publishers of this volume is - shown in Case H in opposite room. - 54. Tortoise shell card case which belonged to R. E. W. Earl, given - by Mrs. Stanley Horn. - 54A. Card case and purse of Earl’s, presented by C. L. Winn. Pen - portrait of Earl. - 55. Jackson Electoral Ticket, 1832. He was overwhelmingly reelected, - receiving 219 votes out of 286. - 55A. Miniature of Jackson, given by Mrs. Benjamin A. Brakenbury, of - Santa Barbara, Calif. - 56. Jackson’s Cabinet, 1829. Gift from Jackson to Major A. J. - Donelson, Secretary to President Jackson. - 57. New York, Nashville, Clarksville weekly papers of 1845, - containing notices of the death of Jackson. Presented by W. M. - Drane of Clarksville in 1920. - 58. Badge worn at Jackson’s funeral. Presented by Mrs. Frank - Jefferson Blodgett of New York City, through Mrs. Lindsay - Coleman of Nashville. - 59. Badge used in commemoration of the death of Jackson. Presented - by Charles Costleigh in memory of members of his family. - 60. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, 1821, regarding James - Leander Cathcart. - 61. Silver spoons, one of which is from a set of Jackson’s spoons - and the other from a set of Felix Grundy’s. The handles were - molded into Columbia Liberty Bells. - 62. Silver cheese scoop, engraved, “G.W.C., Hermitage, Jan. 11, - 1860,” Editor of Harper’s Weekly, to whom it was presented by - the Jackson family. - 63. Shaving case used by General Jackson. - 64. Water color of Stockley place in Virginia, the home of Rachel - Jackson’s grandfather. - 65. Gavel made of wood taken from the birthplace of Rachel Donelson, - wife of Andrew Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Myrtle Blair Motley, - Wm. Pitt Chapter, Chatham, Va. - 66. Mortar and pestle used for compounding medicine. - 67. Case for aquamarine necklace of Rachel Jackson (displayed on - figure in opposite room). - 68. Rachel Jackson’s night cap. Presented by Mrs. John H. Cunningham - of San Antonio, great-granddaughter of Mrs. William Watson, a - neighbor and friend of Mrs. Jackson who was with her during - her last days and to whom Mrs. Jackson gave the cap. - 68A. Preliminary sketch made by Sully of one of his portraits of - Jackson. - 69. Sewing case made and used by Rachel Jackson. - 70. Long beaded purse, made by Rachel Jackson. - 71. Spinning wheel in bottle presented to General Jackson. - 72. Flat iron used at the Hermitage during Jackson’s lifetime, - presented by Andrew Jackson Baker, Jr. - 73. Miniature of Jackson in youth. - 74. Pair of gold-rimmed spectacles used by Mrs. Jackson. - 75. Needlepoint bag. - 76. Jackson beaded bag. Loaned by Tennessee State Library. - 77. Miniature frame of onyx and gold inlay, containing lock of - General Jackson’s hair. Presented by Mrs. Joseph H. Crenshaw - of Ft. Royal, Va. - 78. Work bag of Rachel Jackson. - 78A. Pearl comb, which belonged to Rachel Jackson. Given to her - niece, Rachel Donelson Eckford, then to Mrs. H. J. Darden, who - willed it to her cousin, Dr. M. M. Cullom. Presented by Dr. - Cullom to the Association. - 79. Rachel Jackson’s pearl ring. - 80. Set of Mosaic jewelry consisting of belt clasp, necklace and ear - rings, each medallion representing a different ancient temple, - purchased by Andrew Jackson from widow of Stephen Decatur. - - - Shelf No. 5: - 81. Part of letter written by Jackson to his wife, Rachel, regarding - the Hermitage church and its pastor, the Rev. William Hume. - Given by one of the latter’s descendants, Leland Hume. - 82. Painting of the Hermitage church, by Cornelius Hankins. - 83. Poem on the death of Mrs. Jackson. - 84. Letter from John Adams, Quincy, Mass., March 25, 1822 to James - L. Cathcart. - 85. Letter written by General Jackson to William Donelson, November - 29, 1842. Presented by Miss Matilda Allison Porter, 1946. - 86. Small portrait of Andrew Jackson, painted by Franklin Witcher of - New York, for Jackson’s Presidential campaign. Bought from a - relative Of the artist. - 87. Springfield, Jefferson County, Miss., where Andrew and Rachel - Jackson were married in 1791. Presented by Daniel Clay - Bramlette of Woodville, Miss. - 88. A letter of General Jackson to Mrs. Jackson, January 29, 1824. - Presented by Judge John H. DeWitt. - 89. Hermitage (or Ephesus) church membership roll 1824-1839 - including the Jacksons, given by C. L. Winn. - 90. A photostat of Jackson’s list of contributions for repairs of - the Hermitage church and suggested alterations made by Andrew - Jackson Donelson, given by Stanley F. Horn. - - - Case No. 3 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. The green and white covered dishes, the six flowered soup plates, - and the small knife and fork, which all belonged to the - Jacksons, were given by Mr. and Mrs. T. Graham Hall, in memory - of his mother, Mrs. Jennie McIver Hall, a friend of the - Jackson family. - 2. China platter and six matching soup plates, which were the - Jacksons’. Given by Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Clark, Jr., in - memory of Mrs. Sheffield Clark, Sr. - 3. Brass dinner gong. - 3A. Pottery pitcher, given by Wylie B. Ewing, of Delray, Fla. Made - for a dinner given in honor of Jackson, June 11, 1834, in - Wheeling. W. Va. - - - Shelves No. 2 and No. 3: - 4. Forty-three pieces of gold and white china, used at the White - House during Jackson’s administration. - 5. Pieces of buff and gold china used constantly in the White House. - From a set of 600 pieces, which was given to Mrs. Rachel - Jackson Lawrence when she was married. - 6. Cup, saucer, plate, fork and spoon used by President Franklin D. - Roosevelt on the occasion of his visit to the Hermitage, - November 17, 1934. - 7. Six silver tablespoons of the Jacksons, loaned by Vanderbilt - University. - - - Shelf No. 4: - 8. Silver basket. - 9. Some of the valuable Jackson-Decatur silver, which included 16 - round and oval dishes, which were purchased by Jackson from - the widow of Commodore Decatur, and used constantly for years - at the Hermitage. (See letter regarding the purchase in - Document Standard in Case B.) - 10. Jackson’s memorandum to his secretary regarding the purchase of - the Decatur silver. - 11. Salad fork and spoon, which were presented by Mrs. Andrew - Jackson, Jr., to Miss Sarah Livingston on the occasion of her - marriage to Judge Beard, at Tulip Grove, and were presented to - the Hermitage Association by her daughters, Mrs. Thos. Pierce - of St. Louis, Mrs. Beverly R. McKennie, and Mrs. Weaver - Harris. - 11A. Silver compote, one of the pieces of the Decatur silver. - 12. Old English silver coffee pot on trivet, presented to Wm. H. - Calhoun, Nashville, in 1848 by Andrew Jackson, Jr. These - pieces were in daily use during General Jackson’s residence at - the White House. Loaned by Vanderbilt University. - 12A. Pieces of flat silver in daily use at the Hermitage. - 13. Silver sugar tongs. - 14. Silver muffinier or sugar shaker. - 15. Pair of silver napkin rings. - 16. Silver cups, marked A. J. and R. J., in daily use by General and - Mrs. Jackson. - 17. General Jackson’s Communion Cup. - 18. China cup, out of which General Jackson drank on the day of his - death, and spoon used daily. - 18A. A buff and gold china tea cup and saucer, given to Mrs. C. A. - R. Thompson by Rachel Jackson Lawrence. Presented to the - Hermitage by the heirs of Miss Annie Kenneth Thompson. - 19. China cup and saucer, of Louis Philippe, purchased by Jackson - from his stewart, Boulanger. Obtained from the McIver family. - 20. Original blue plate, one of set of china used by General Jackson - at the Hermitage. (English reproductions of this plate are - sold in the Souvenir Shop.) - - - Shelf No. 5: - 21. Silver in daily use at the Hermitage. - 22. A pair of coasters with glass decanters. - 23. Salt cellar. - 24. Caster with glass bottles. - 25. Silver nut crackers and picks. - 26. Wine cart on wheels (mate in dining room). - 27. Wine glass used by President Jackson at the White House, - 1829-1837. Given by Bettie Hoffstetter Reise. - 27A. Hock or wine glass, used at the dinner in honor of Lafayette. - Given by a member of the Jackson family to Mrs. W. L. - Granbery, a friend and neighbor at Tulip Grove, the adjoining - plantation. Presented to the Association by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. - Granbery. - 28. Bohemian decanter. - 29. Cut glass used at the White House during Jackson’s - administration, including a decanter, eight wine glasses, five - tumblers. - 30. Silver and cut glass pickle jar. - - - Case No. 4 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. Letter from President Jackson to Major Andrew J. Donelson, - Louisville, 1837. - 2. Letter from Mrs. Heyne, presenting shell letter racks to Mrs. - Jackson (shell racks on mantel in Earl’s room). - 3. Letters of General Jackson, May 24, 1833. - 4. Letter from Thos. Jordan, requesting appointment as Revenue Agent - for the State of Maine, initialed “A. J.” with memorandum. - 5. Letter from Columbus, Ohio, supporters of Jackson, December 12, - 1832, with notation in Jackson’s handwriting. - 6. Communication from Andrew Jackson to the U. S. Senate, nominating - members of his Cabinet: “Edward Livingston of Louisiana, - Secretary of State; Lewis McLane, of Delaware, Secretary of - the Treasury; Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary of War; Levi - Woodbury, of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy; R. B. - Taney, of Maryland, Attorney General of the United States.” - Dated, December 7, 1831. - - - Shelf No. 2: - 7. “The Jackson Wreath,” published 1829, includes an interesting - account of the last hours and death of Rachel Jackson. - Presented by Mrs. James A. Wemyss, of Gallatin, who inherited - it from her great-grandfather, John Branch, Secretary of the - Navy in Jackson’s cabinet. - 7A. Invitation from General Jackson to his neighbors, Dr. and Mrs. - Doyle, Fountain of Health, to dine at the Hermitage, Dec. 26, - 1840. Presented by Miss Decatur J. Page, descendant of the - Doyles. Copy of the Globe, Dec. 5, 1837, inscribed “Jackson, - Fountain of Health” which was the nearest Post Office. Given - by Mrs. Lee Hunt. - 8. General Jackson’s Farewell Address (1837), printed in satin. Was - carried as a banner in his funeral procession in Nashville, - 1845. Statement of Wm. W. Bell, of Chicago, who presented it. - 9. Inaugural address of General Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1833. - 10. Jackson’s Message refusing to re-charter the U. S. Bank, July - 10, 1833. - 10A. Jackson’s Nullification Proclamation. - - - Shelf No. 3: - 11. Communication of John Quincy Adams, 1819, to John Rodgers, - President of the Navy Board. - 12. Invitation to the Eighth of January Ball, 1831, Nashville, - issued to Miss Clementine Boyd. - 13. Letter from Emperor of San Domingo to Commodore Elliott, - September 6, 1832, with notation by Jackson. - 14. Extract from letter, signed Frederick P. Ladd, Boston, August - 29, 1829, regarding Jackson’s candidacy for President. - 15. Letter to Andrew Jackson from N. Gevelot, Dec. 28, 1833, - presenting bust of Jackson. - 16. Letter regarding supplies ordered for White House, June 19, - 1829. - 17. Letter from James Madison to M. Cathcart. - - - Case No. 5 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. Letter from Charleston, S. C., officials, expressing - gratification over Major-General Jackson’s proposed visit to - the city, March 7, 1821. - 2. Commodore Elliott’s invitation to Martin Van Buren to visit Navy - Yard. - 3. Address to citizens of Connecticut by the friends of Andrew - Jackson in 1828. - 4. Medallions, illustrating stories from the Bible. On the reverse - side is the story itself. This unique set was presented to - General Jackson by an admirer. - 5. Pamphlet containing refutation of charges made about Jackson’s - marriage by political enemies in Cincinnati, 1827. - 6. Pamphlet in vindication of General Jackson regarding the - executions of Arbuthnot and Ambrister, 1824. - 7. Wooden statuette given by Jackson to his granddaughter, Rachel, - whose family gave it to the Hermitage after her death in 1923. - The figures represent Louis Philippe and Jackson, saluting one - another upon the payment of the indemnity due from France. The - carving on the base represents the vessels bringing the gold - from France; the hickory tree symbolizes the firmness of - Jackson in demanding payment; the circle formed by the arms of - the two symbolizes the lasting friendship between them. Carved - by Pierre Joseph Landry, comrade-in-arms of General Jackson at - the Battle of New Orleans; this was presumably presented to - Jackson by the sculptor. - 8. Pamphlet on the Battle of New Orleans. - 9. Cartoon showing Jackson receiving cash payment from French - cavalry March 1836. - 10. Copy of letter of Commodore Elliott, presenting the sarcophagus - of Emperor Severus to General Jackson (see [Page 55]), given - by the Hon. John Wesley Gaines. - 11. Copy of General Jackson’s letter declining the sarcophagus, - presented by the Hon. John Wesley Gaines. (See [Page 56]). - 12. Photographs of the sarcophagus, now on the grounds of the - Smithsonian Institute, given by former Secretary of War, Jacob - McGavock Dickinson. - 13. Copy of New York _Herald_ of June 25, 1845, with pictures and - description of Jackson’s funeral procession. Given by Mrs. - James A. Wemyss, of Gallatin. - 14. Jackson’s first message to Congress, December 8, 1829, printed - on silk. Presented by Mrs. Kendall Stickney, Monrovia, - California. - - - NORTH ROOM (MUSEUM) - - - On the Walls: - 1. Bronze bust of General Jackson by Belle Kinney. - 2. Battle of New Orleans. Presented by C. F. Gunther, of Chicago, - Endicott & Co., Lithographers, published by T. Yeager, Race - Street, Philadelphia. - 3. Print of General Jackson at New Orleans. - 4. Portrait of Jackson. - 5. Engraving of the Hermitage. This is not correctly drawn. (Francis - Strickland, Architect, Lith. of Endicott & Co., N. Y.). - 6. Engraving of Jackson. - 7. Picture of Jackson at the Hermitage, 1830. Given by J. McGavock - Dickinson. - 9. Land Grant signed by President Jackson. Given by J. McGavock - Dickinson. - 10. Appointment of Chas. A. Anderson as secretary to the French - Court by Jackson, 1836. Presented in memory of Ewin Lamar - Davis by his wife. - 11. Illustrated Map of Nashville 1832. - 12. Certificate of Major-General Andrew Jackson’s membership in the - Hibernian Society, March, 1819. - 13. Three pictures of Uncle Alfred, colored servant, born 1803 and - died in 1901. He lived in the log house back of the mansion - and is buried in the garden next to the Jacksons’ tomb. Given - by Dr. Harry Vaughan and Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt. - 14. Equestrian Statue of Jackson. This picture hung in President - James K. Polk’s room at the White house. Presented by Mrs. - George William Fall. - 14A. Engraving of General Jackson from a painting by Thomas Sully. - 15. Death of Pakenham. Presented by C. F. Gunther, of Chicago, - Endicott & Co., Lithographers, published by T. Yeager, Race - Street, Philadelphia. - 16. Blueprints showing the battlefield of Chalmette at New Orleans. - Presented by Hon. John Wesley Gaines. - 17. Drawing by Norman Marsh of original Hermitage. Copy of print - from the collection of Mrs. Samuel Heiskell, now at the - University of North Carolina. - 18. Engraving of Andrew Jackson given by Mr. and Mrs. Whitefoord - Cole, Jr., in memory of his mother. - - - Case No. 1 - 1. Engraving of General Jackson. - 2. Clothing worn by General Andrew Jackson: dressing gowns and - slippers, wool socks used when riding in winter weather; night - shirts, pen marked, “Andrew Jackson,” and numbered in - indelible ink. - 3. Account books used in stores owned by Jackson—Gallatin, 1803; - Hunter’s Hill, 1804; Clover Bottom, 1805. - 4. Picture of “Aunt Hannah,” Mrs. Jackson’s personal maid, who was - with her at her death. - 5. Writing case inscribed “Presented to Andrew Jackson, President of - the U. S., from the State of New Hampshire.” - - - Case No. 2 - British uniform (coat and waistcoat) taken at the Battle of New - Orleans. Loaned by Andrew Jackson Lawrence, grandson of Andrew - Jackson, Jr. - - - Case No. 3 - Uniform and hat of Major John T. Reid, who fought with General - Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by his - grandson, Mr. Maury T. Reid. - - - Case No. 4 - - - Shelf No. 1: - 1. Original letter of Amos Kendall, Nov. 20, 1829, and notation in - Jackson’s handwriting “Mr. Kendalls letter and remarks on my - plans on National Bank.” - 2. Photograph of Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, in costume for a January 8 - Ball. Mrs. Dorris was one of the four organizers of the - Ladies’ Hermitage Association, the first secretary and later - Regent, and a life-long worker in the preservation of the - Hermitage. Book, “Preservation of the Hermitage” by Mrs. - Dorris (Copies may be purchased in Souvenir Shop). - 3. Small Liberty Bell, made from the overflow of the Columbia - Liberty Bell. These small bells were purchased by patriotic - associations to be rung on patriotic occasions. - 3A. Mourning badge worn at the time of the death of General Andrew - Jackson. - 4. Photograph of Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, Jackson’s favorite - grandchild and namesake of Mrs. Jackson. - 5. Photograph of Colonel Andrew Jackson, III, whose wife, Mrs. Amy - Jackson, conceived the idea of the Hermitage Association and - it was from this couple that most of the relics were - purchased. - 6. Picture of Emily Donelson, white house hostess during Jackson’s - Administration, presented by Mrs. Frank Klapthor. Frame given - by Felice Ferrell. - 7. Bust by Zolnay of Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, first Regent of the - Ladies’ Hermitage Association. Also an appeal to Association - members dated 1895 and signed by Mrs. Nathaniel Baxter, - Regent. - 8. Booklet and program on the exercises held at the presentation of - Jackson’s statue by the State of Tennessee to the United - States Capitol, April 11, 1928. The statue, which is by Belle - Kinney, stands in the Capitol Rotunda. - 9. Picture of Healy, artist sent by Louis Philippe to paint Andrew - Jackson and other prominent Americans. - 10. Original floor plan of the Hermitage (changes in this were made - during construction). - 11. Souvenirs of President Theodore Roosevelt’s visit in October, - 1907. Special Register with autograph signature. - 12. Poem to Rachel Jackson Lawrence by Emma Look Scott. - 12A. Lace scarf worn by Emily Donelson at President Jackson’s - inaugural ball. Given by Mrs. Robert S. Cheek, in memory of - her mother, Mrs. Joseph Darling Pickslay. - - - Shelf No. 2: - 13. Copy Book of Maine Student containing interesting references to - the Presidential election of 1825, given by Mrs. Henry W. - Dearborn, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. - 13A. Messages by President Andrew Jackson to U. S. Congress. Leather - bound volume, printed on silk. - 13B. Commemorative and regular issue Jackson and Hermitage stamps, - 1863-1963. Given by Dr. Pembroke J. Hart. - - - Shelf No. 3: - 14. Flag from the grave of Lafayette, procured for the Association - by Miss M. E. Ford through General Horace Porter, Ambassador - to France. - 15. Letter written by President Jackson, 1828, to Lafayette. - Presented by Reed Schermerhorn. - 16. Appointment of Samuel B. Marshall as Marshal of Western District - of Tennessee, April, 1831. Presented by Mrs. Joseph A. Gray. - 17. Coin token with head of Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Wm. H. Dow, - Portland, Maine. - 18. Cane. Charles Sayers, personal friend of Jackson, cut the cane - while walking on the Hermitage grounds with Jackson. Presented - by Mrs. Wm. P. Delafield, Dallas, Texas. - 19. Cane. Presented by H. V. S. Negus of Bound Brook, N. J. It was a - present from General Jackson to Mr. Negus’ grandfather, James - Engle Negus, a native of Philadelphia who had visited General - Jackson at the Hermitage frequently as they were close - friends. - 20. A Cane hand made by Major McCalla, who served with General - Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Dr. C. A. - Miller. - 21. Silhouette of Andrew Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Whitefoord Cole. - 23. Pictures of: - (A) Mrs. Emily Donelson, first hostess at the White House. - (B) Sarah York Jackson, wife of adopted son. - (C) Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, in childhood. - 25. Picture of costume worn by Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr., at her - wedding reception in the White House, and now in the National - Historical Museum in Washington, D. C., with costumes of other - mistresses of the White House. - 26. Centennial medal, Jackson, Michigan, designed and presented by - James B. Field of Jackson, Michigan, in honor of General - Jackson. - 27. Octagon House, Washington, D. C., where General Jackson was - entertained. In a perfect state of preservation. Headquarters - of the American Institute of Architects. Presented by Mrs. - Cordelia Jackson, September 20, 1922. - 28. Letter to Andrew Jackson written by Robert C. Foster, and - presented to Mrs. Harry W. Evans, Regent, by Robert Coleman - Foster, VII, great-grandson of the writer. - 29. Watch given by Andrew Jackson to his ward, General Daniel Smith - Donelson, upon his entry to West Point. Presented by Samuel - Donelson, grandson of the original owner. - 30. Home of Christopher Taylor, near Jonesboro where Andrew Jackson - boarded. Presented by L. M. McCowan. - - - Shelf No. 4: - 31. Photostat copies of bill from doctor attending Rachel Jackson in - her final illness and bill for her coffin, 1828. Presented by - C. Norton Owen of Chicago. - 32. Photostat copy of Deed of Trust for family graveyard, in - Hermitage garden, to John H. Eaton, John Coffee, and Andrew - Jackson, Jr. Presented by West Morton, 1926. - 33. Bill of conveyance of slaves. Presented in memory of Jonas - Redelsheimer. - 34. Andrew Jackson (by Earl) in the capitol of Montgomery, Alabama. - Presented to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association by Sarah E. - Cowan, great-niece of Rachel Jackson. - 35. Itemized statement of Dr. McCorkle’s bill to Andrew Jackson, - October, 1825. Presented by Mrs. E. A. Lindsey. Of special - interest in reference to Jackson’s solicitude for the health - and welfare of his slaves. - 36. President Jackson’s Contract with his cook, Prevaux. Presented - by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. - 37. Currier & Ives Print; Death bed scene of General Jackson. - - - Case No. 5 - -Clothing and personal possessions of the Jacksons: - -The red velvet dress, worn by Sarah York Jackson at the White House -(which is the same as in the Earl portrait of her in the Hermitage -dining room) was given by her great-granddaughter, Sue Rhea Symmes -McCutcheon, in memory of her grandmother, Rachel Jackson Lawrence. -Velvet sample shows original color. The shawl, which was presented by -Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, belonged to Miss Jennie Treanor, who lived at Tulip -Grove and was a friend of the Jacksons. The letter was written by Andrew -Jackson from the White House, 1832, to his daughter-in-law, Sarah York -Jackson. The leather hat box has the following name plate: “General -Andrew Jackson, President of the United States” and the hat with the -ten-inch mourning band is the one he wore in Washington following the -death of his wife. The rosewood cane was his favorite walking stick. -Displayed with one of his suits is a linen shirt made by seamstress -Gracey who lived at the Hermitage. The lavender moire dress, which was -Rachel Jackson’s, was presented by her great-granddaughter, Marion -Lawrence Symmes, and the white shawl, said to have been hers, was given -by Mrs. Bertha Pierce, of Daytona, Fla. The lace cap belonged to Rachel -Jackson, and also the aquamarine necklace (the case for this is in the -south room of the museum). - - - FLOOR STANDARD - - - A. Letters from Senator Edmond de Lafayette, grandson of General - Lafayette, concerning the French chair he gave to the - Hermitage, which is in the Brides’ Room. - B. Steubenville Republican Ledger, reporting supper given in honor - of Jackson’s triumph, Nov. 26, 1828, and Jackson’s election - returns, 1828. - C. Copy of National Banner and Nashville Whig, Aug. 12, 1828, given - by C. L. Winn, great-grandson of Andrew Jackson, Jr. and Sarah - York Jackson. Contains commendations of Jackson’s Policy - during Creek Campaign. - D. Interesting expressions of Jackson’s characteristics of - spirituality and patriotism in a letter (January 8, 1822) to - his ward, E. G. W. Butler, purchased from his grandson, E. G. - Butler. - E. Signed military orders from various officers, 1814. - F. Pay-rolls from Capt. Haley, Llewellyn Griffith and Major H. D. - Peire. - G. Military orders signed by Jackson and muster roll of regiment - commanded by Stokely Donelson, 1792. Extracts from letters of - Capt. Thos. Preston, John Overton, and J. Winchester and - receipts signed by Jackson. - H. Letter from Jackson to Dr. John L. Wynn. Photostat letter from - Rachel Jackson to her brother, Capt. John Donelson, Aug. 25, - 1821. - I. Note of presentation of plaster cast of Powers bust, from Levi - Woodbury and Jackson’s reply. Letter from Jackson to Sarah - York Jackson, April 14, 1835. - J. Letter of condolence from Rachel Jackson to her niece, Catherine - Caffery Walker, on the death of her sister, Jane Caffery Earl. - A letter from Andrew Jackson to Catherine Caffery Walker, - regarding business matters, presented by a descendant, Vera - Walker Morel. - K. Letter from D. Morrison, contractor, concerning additions to the - house and erection of the tomb. - Letter from Jackson to A. Donelson, presented by Mrs. P. H. Manlove. - L. West Carolinian Extra Dec. 7, 1833, containing Jackson’s message - to Congress. This paper, which originally belonged to - Jackson’s Law instructor Judge Spruce Macay, was given by Mrs. - Fannie McNeely of Salisbury, N. C. - - - WALL STANDARD - - - Case A: - Jackson’s appointment as Judge of Superior Court, signed by John - Sevier, December 22, 1798. - Jackson’s receipt from post office, June 2, 1826, for payments on - his 17 newspaper subscriptions. - Invitation to Military Ball given at Huntsville Inn, 1825, in - commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Mrs. - George Dury, to whose grandmother the invitation was issued. - Photostatic copy of statement by Dr. Catlet regarding Dickinson - duel. - Letter from Jackson to Col. John Overton, regarding the former’s - “conduct in Florida” and Eaton’s appeal. September 16, 1831. - - - Case B: - Letter describing White House reception for Andrew Jackson, Jr., and - his bride, from Emily Donelson, Washington, 1831. - Note from Jackson to his wife, February 6, 1804. - Letter from Mrs. Stephen Decatur regarding sale of silver and china - and Jackson’s signed receipt of his purchases. - General Jackson’s orders for medicine and hospital stores, Nov. 4, - 1813. - - - Case C: - Photostatic copy of letter regarding birthplace of Jackson and - burial place of his mother and father, from James H. - Witherspoon, Lancaster, S. C., April 16, 1825. - Land grant, signed by Jackson, presented by Mrs. J. C. Cartwright. - Letter from Dr. Beaumont to Jackson, expressing solicitude for - latter’s health and presenting his book on medicine. - Photostat of Major General Jackson’s orders to his troops, Nov. 24, - 1812. - Election returns from Globe Extra, November 15, 1832. Presented by - Judge John H. DeWitt. - - - Case D: - Letter from Jackson to Maj. A. J. Donelson, 1837, relating the - ovations he received en route from Washington to Nashville. - Letter from Jackson to Maj. A. J. Donelson, July 25, 1833, giving - instructions for Hermitage farming operations and requesting - him to check and report on them. - Official nomination of John H. Baker as Secretary of French Treaty - Commission notation by Jackson. - Letter to Jackson from Roger B. Taney, Attorney General, regarding - New Orleans banks. - - - Case E: - Letter in French regarding Louisiana colonies. - Ship passport, signed by Jackson, June 4, 1835. - Letter accompanying original Treasury Draft, remitting the famous - Judge Hall fine. - - - Case F: - Photostatic copies of bills and letters from Philadelphia dealers - regarding Hermitage furnishings purchased in 1837 and of bills - for remodeling mansion after the fire in 1834. - - - Case G: - Copies of bills for Hermitage furnishings purchased in 1837. - Letter from Jane Caffery, Hermitage, Feb. 1815, regarding the Battle - of New Orleans, presented by Vera Walker Morel. - Poem written on Jackson’s birthday, March 15, 1837, White House. - Letters to Major A. J. Donelson, telling of marauder’s attempt to - break in to President Jackson’s bedroom. - - - Case H: - Letter from Jackson to his neighbor Dr. Doyle, requesting his - consultation with Col. Jeremiah George Harris’ physicians at - the time of his accident. - Letter from Lord Byron, Venice, 1819, to his Paris publishers, - remonstrating against publishing under his name volumes of - which he was not the author. Presented by Earl to Jackson, - along with volume of Byron’s poems. - - - Case I: - Letter from Jackson to Maj. Wm. B. Lewis, February 28, 1845, - regarding Polk’s cabinet and other political matters. - Letter to President Jackson from Edward Livingston, Paris, May 6, - 1834. - Letter, Emily Donelson to Andrew Jackson Donelson. - - - Case J: - Letter from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis, Aug. 6, 1814, - referring to military matters. - Letter from Andrew Jackson to Dr. Doyle, Fountain of Health, - requesting bill for services to his ward, Dec. 27, 1840. - Letter, Andrew Jackson to Andrew Jackson, Jr. - - - - - MANSION AND GROUNDS - - -The Hermitage is built in “Southern Colonial” style of architecture, -with large verandas in front and rear, a wide hallway, with two rooms on -either side, and wings supplementing these. The rooms are spacious, and -are eleven in number, besides pantry, storeroom, kitchen, cellar. There -is a smoke-house and other outhouses. In 1922 a steam furnace was -installed at a safe distance from the mansion, eliminating danger of -fire from this source. - - [Illustration: The hall.] - - - _The Hall_ - - The hall contains the original hat rack, umbrella stand, two mahogany -sofas, pier table, Brussels stair carpet and brass rods, and the -chandelier. The hall floor originally was covered with oilcloth. The -pictorial wallpaper was printed by duFour in Paris, about 1825. The -complete set consisted of twenty-five strips in colors, and was ordered -by General Jackson in 1835, being the original paper used when the house -was rebuilt. It was shipped by way of New Orleans up the Mississippi and -Cumberland Rivers. This paper is of outstanding historical interest, one -of the few historic, scenic papers preserved in this country. - -The paper represents the legend of the travels of Telemachus in search -of Ulysses, his father, and is that part of the story of his landing on -the island of Calypso. He is accompanied by Mentor. - - - Scene I. The landing and the Queen advancing to meet them. - Scene II. Telemachus relating the story of his travels to Calypso, - the faithful Mentor by his side. - Scene III. Calypso gives a fete in his honor, and Cupid begins to - play a part. - Scene IV. Telemachus resolves to escape; Calypso’s maidens burn his - boat, and he jumps from the cliffs. - - -In October, 1930, the paper was removed from the walls by Mr. James -Wilson from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, for the purpose of -treating the walls to insure the preservation of the paper, and was then -put back. - - - 1. Brass candlestick, presented by Mrs. Percy Warner. - 2. Glass Celande or Hurricane shade. - - - _The Front Parlor_ - - All the furnishings in this room are originals. The chandelier, the -Parian marble vase and French china vase on wall brackets, the gold oval -mirror, the mantel of Italian marble, mirror over mantel, the pair of -Dresden urn vases, the Japanese bronze clock inlaid with enamel, the -matching candelabra, the two mahogany carved chairs, marble top table, -portfolio and autograph album (inlaid with mother-of-pearl, containing -two signatures of Sam Houston and presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard -Plater), Bohemian glass dish, mahogany whatnot, brass cup, large -mahogany sofa, carpet and pier table are all pieces used when the -Jacksons were living in the Hermitage. The lace curtains are exact -reproductions of the original ones, made by Salmon Freres of Paris, -France. The original red brocatel draperies were replaced in 1954 with -exact reproductions of the fabric, made by Scalamandre Silks, which -fabric was also used to replace the upholstering on the red chairs and -the matching draperies in the back parlor. (Part of the original -curtains and draperies displayed in the museum.) - - - 1. Two carved chairs presented to Jackson by the Khedive of Egypt, - when Jackson was President. - 2. Portrait of General Jackson presented by Mrs. Thomas M. Stegor. - 3. Portrait of Mrs. Jackson in ball dress. - 5. Pair Dresden vases used in the White House while Jackson was - President. - 6. Bronze andirons, representing the Vestal Virgin. - 7. Portrait of Andrew Jackson by Healy, the artist who was - commissioned by Louis Philippe to paint the portrait, only two - of which are in existence. The other one hangs in the Louvre, - Paris, painted eight days before Jackson’s death. See Healy - letter in Museum. - 8. Opal vases presented by Andrew and Albert Marble Jackson. - 9. Two liqueur bottles, presented by Lafayette to General Jackson. - 10. One of a pair of brass lamps with crystal prisms used at the - Hermitage by the Jackson family. Purchased from the heirs of - Samuel Jackson Lawrence by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. - 11. Silver filigree basket. - 12. Chair used in the White House during President Jackson’s - administration. Presented by Miss Laura Friesbee of - Washington, D. C. - 13. Portrait of General Jackson by R. E. W. Earl, given by Mr. and - Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr. - - - _Back Parlor_ - - All furnishings in this room are also originals (except lace curtains -and draperies). The chandelier, pier table, mahogany chair, two chairs -and tilt top table with mother-of-pearl inlay, mahogany card table, two -velvet chairs, Parian marble and French china vase on wall brackets, -pair of Empire urn-shaped “mirror vases” on the mantle of Tennessee -marble (duplicate of Italian marble one in front parlor), brass andirons -and fender, gold oval mirror, beaded mat and silver candlestick are all -pieces used at the Hermitage by the Jacksons. - - - 15. Sewing box inlaid with mother-of-pearl belonged to Mrs. Andrew - Jackson; Mrs. Jackson presented it to Mrs. Emily Donelson; - Mrs. Donelson gave it to Mrs. Wilcox (her daughter); Mrs. - Wilcox gave it to Mrs. Andrew Price; through Mr. and Mrs. - Richard Plater it was presented to the Ladies’ Hermitage - Association. - 16. Portrait of General Coffee. - 17. Portrait of General Bronaugh. - 18. Portrait of Colonel Gadsden. - 19. Portrait of Lieutenant Eastland. - (These four constituted the Staff Officers generally called “General - Jackson’s military family.”) - 20. Clock, one of the oldest relics, in the Hermitage before the - death of Mrs. Rachel Jackson. The hands are set at the hour - Jackson died. - 22. Jackson piano presented by Colonel Andrew Jackson, grandson of - Andrew Jackson. - 23. Music book belonging to Mrs. Emily Donelson, First Lady of the - White House. Presented by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. - 24. Two gilt wall brackets bought by Andrew Jackson, Jr. - 25. Flower jar presented by Andrew Jackson, IV, and Albert Marble - Jackson (on wall bracket). Duplicate in front parlor. - 26. Mirror willed to the Association by Mrs. Alice Watkins Shields - of Knoxville in 1934, originally at the Hermitage. - 27. Nut bowls, and compote (on pier table). - 28. Guitar of Mrs. Jackson, loaned by the Rev. Walton Lawrence - Smith, a descendant. - 29. Mahogany center table. The only piece remaining of the set - presented to General and Mrs. Jackson when on a visit to New - Orleans after the battle. The gold spectacles on the table - were worn by Mrs. Jackson and the volume of Robert Burns’ - poems is inscribed, “Rachel Jackson from her beloved husband, - Andrew Jackson.” - 30. Mahogany sofa bought by Mrs. Hoffstetter at the sale of the - adopted son’s effects in 1866. Presented to the Association in - 1897 by Miss Bettie Hoffstetter of Nashville. - 31. Pair of silver lustre vases sent to General Jackson from the - Czar of Russia. - - - _General Jackson’s Bedroom_ - - This room is as it was the day he died, with the same furniture he -used, the bed he died upon, the chair he sat in, etc. The furnishings -consist of bedstead, bureau, wardrobe, washstand with china pieces, -table, chair, settee or sofa, wallpaper, bedspread, andirons and fender, -mirror, brass candlestick, etc. The same pictures are on the wall. The -bedspread is a replica of the original, handmade with the initials R. J. -embroidered on it. The original is in the Museum. The bed and window -draperies are exact reproductions of those used in the winter during -Jackson’s lifetime, having been made by Scalamandre Silks, Inc., in New -York, N. Y. Part of the original fabric is in the Museum. - - - 1. Portrait of his wife by Earl, over the mantel, upon which his - dying gaze rested. - 2. Portrait of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., in childhood, - by Earl. - 3. Earl portrait of the granddaughter, Mrs. Rachel J. Lawrence - (eldest child of the adopted son), the pet and companion of - his declining years. - 3A. French china teapot or veilleuse, with place for light at - bottom, sometimes used as night light. This relic of General - Jackson’s was sold by descendants to the McIver family. The - Association purchased it in 1959 from Miss Effie McIver, in - memory of Miss Felicia Grundy Porter. - 4. Chinese Mandarin scent bottles. Belonged to Mrs. Jackson. - 5. Shell jewel case, which was Mrs. Jackson’s. - 6. Portrait of Jackson. - 7. Shell vases on mantel, which belonged to Mrs. Jackson. - 8. Steel engraving, the “Sixth Seal.” This is an illustration of The - Revelation, Chapter 6:12, 17, engraved by G. H. Phillips from - the original picture by F. Danby, A. R. A., in collection of - Wm. Beckford, Esq. - 9. Colored print, “Battle of the Thames.” - 10. Colored print, “Battle of North Point.” - 11. Tobacco box, used by the General. - 12. His leather hatbox. - 13. Rachel Jackson’s sewing box, made by an admirer who gathered the - shells. - 14. Picture of Judge John Overton, bearing his signature, Judge - Overton was Jackson’s law partner and lifelong friend. - - - _Andrew Jackson, Jr.’s Bedroom_ - - This was General and Mrs. Jackson’s room previous to the death of Mrs. -Jackson in 1828, afterwards the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, -Jr. The furniture was purchased by Jackson after the fire in 1834. - -The mahogany bedstead, one of eight purchased after the fire of 1834, -the mahogany bureau with toilet articles, mahogany washstand with -original washstand set, original hair brush and clothes brush, -strawberry design painted on back, mahogany marble top center table, -triple mirror, brass andirons, cut glass oil lamp, the brass candlestick -were all used in this room. The carpet is not original, but an old one -of the period. The portrait of Sarah York Jackson was painted by Healy. -The leather chair was one used constantly by her. - -The wallpaper is a reproduction, presented by the Robert Graves Company -of New York and copyrighted (1925). The wood blocks from which the paper -was made were purchased by the Association. - -Candlestick on mantel, presented by Mrs. Anne Hoyte Hicks Joyce, which -was purchased by her grandmother, Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, at an early -auction, was used by General Jackson at the Hermitage. - -Bohemian glass jar, which belonged to Rachel Jackson. Presented by Mrs. -W. T. Mallison. - -Andrew Jackson’s signature is on fly leaf of open volume, History of -England, 1793. - - - _Side Hall_ - - - 1. Famous Military Portrait (by Earl). - 2. Secretary presented to General Jackson. - 3. Original sofa purchased by the Association in 1937. - 4. The wallpaper in the side hall (downstairs) is a copy of the - original, the part upstairs is the original. - 5. Marble bust of General Jackson, presented by Hon. Lawrence - Cooper, of Huntsville, Ala. - 6. Precepts, given to Jackson in his early youth by his mother, - which he said ruled his life. This copy presented by E. A. - Lindsey and Reau E. Folk. - 7. Jackson’s Masonic Apron loaned by Stanley F. Horn. - 8. Copy of Jackson’s portrait, which hangs in the Nashville Masonic - Temple, the original having been painted when Jackson was - Grand Master. Presented by the Grand Lodge of Free and - Accepted Masons of Tennessee. - 9. Presentation copy of Masonic Manual, dedicated to Jackson and - presented to him by the author, Wilkins Tannehil. - 10. Early portrait of Jackson, showing in the background the - Hermitage as it was before it was remodeled in 1831 and - preceding the fire of 1834. It was presented by Mrs. Charles - W. Frear, of Troy, N. Y., in memory of her husband, who owned - it for many years. - 11. Jackson portrait by Sully. Presented in 1958 by Mrs. John - Valentine Mershon of Philadelphia, whose grandfather, Jonathan - Paul Worrall, was one of the group who originally proposed - Jackson’s nomination for the presidency, and who previously - owned the portrait. It was carried at the head of political - parades. - 12. 1819 Map of the United States given by Mrs. James Wemyss of - Gallatin, Tennessee. - - - _Office or Library_ - - For thirty years the Hermitage was the political center of the United -States, and Andrew Jackson was the most influential man of his party. -Many visitors, political and otherwise, were constantly being received -by General Jackson in this office. - -The books are those that constituted General and Mrs. Jackson’s library -and some of those of the two succeeding generations. The bookcases, -which were General and Mrs. Jackson’s, hold volumes of history, poetry, -fiction, theology, military regulations, law, medical practices for the -home, veterinary science, gardening, bound state papers and newspapers -of the time, school books, etc., numbering over 400. - -The tables of mahogany, the brass candlestick, mahogany chairs, pair of -bronze oil lamps, cut glass celande or hurricane shade, brass spittoon, -boar paperweight, and owl inkstand are all original. The carpet, not -originally in the Hermitage, was obtained from the home of Mrs. Edgar -Foster, which was built in the period of the Hermitage. Other original -furnishings are: - - - 1. Three cherry bookcases. - 2. Chair, made from wood of the frigate Constitution, presented to - Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, 1837; Secretary of the - Treasury, 1834, to March, 1837; during the administration of - President Jackson. Presented to the Hermitage by Miss Ellen C. - Woodbury, daughter of Levi Woodbury, in 1900. - 3. Mahogany bookcase and desk. - 4. Bust of General Jackson by Hiram Powers. This Powers bust of - Jackson, by the sculptor before he went to Italy for study, is - one of the best examples of pure American art. - 5. Old map of New Hampshire. - 6. and 7. Pair of paintings of DeSoto and his wife, Isabella. - Presented by Louis Philippe to President Jackson. - 8. Jackson’s bound copies of the _Globe Democrat_, Published at - Washington, D. C., while he was President of the United - States. Presented by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. - 9. Old Newspapers of Jackson’s time (Bound). Presented by Mrs. - Rachel Jackson Lawrence. Atlas with Andrew Jackson’s signature - Sept. 12, 1835. - 10. Bust of Levi Woodbury, of General Jackson’s cabinet. - 11. Case, made of historic wood taken from the old building first - used as a statehouse in Nashville, 1812-1815. The case was - made to protect the bound volumes of newspapers of Jackson’s - day. Wood given by Mrs. Jennie C. Buntin. - 12. Invalid chair, presented to General Jackson by the mechanics of - Nashville. Invented by Dr. Holmes of South Carolina, who - presented duplicates to Queen Victoria and John C. Calhoun. - 13. Mahogany candlestand, upon which General Jackson always opened - his mail, and candlestick on beaded mat; his Bible and - spectacles. - 14. Marble-topped table at which General Jackson issued directives - at the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Judge John Minnick - Williams of Altus, Okla., formerly of Nashville. - 15. Chair, presented to Jackson by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. - 16. Pair of bronze and crystal oil candelabra on mantel. - 17. Portrait by Earl of General Jackson on Sam Patch, white horse - presented him in 1833 by the citizens of Pennsylvania. General - Jackson rode this horse in a civic and military parade given - in his honor in Philadelphia, after which it was sent to - Nashville. Federal soldiers whom General Geo. H. Thomas had - placed as guard at the Hermitage fired a military salute over - the grave of the horse. - 18. The walnut office desk with a number of secret drawers; used - constantly when Jackson was practicing attorney. - 19. Steel engraving of George Washington. - 20. Bust of Lewis Cass, Secretary of War and Minister - Plenipotentiary to France under General Jackson. - 21. Liquor Chest of General Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Michael - Mullens of Baltimore, Maryland. - - - _The Nursery_ - - This room, used until 1955 as the museum for relics and papers, was at -one time during the residence of the Jacksons the overseer’s room, at -another the nursery. - -The cherry cradle was made at the Hermitage for Andrew Jackson, Jr., and -was purchased by the Association from a member of the family. The quilt -on the cradle was made by Mrs. W. L. Nichol, neighbor and friend of the -Jacksons, for her daughter, Julia Nichol More. Coverlet, given by Mrs. -Minos Fletcher, Jr., and Paul Shwab. The bed and the rug are types used -in that period. The chair, which was given by Mrs. D. W. Cantrell, -belonging to a member of the Jackson family. The chest of drawers and -the washstand were part of the original Hermitage furnishings, and the -china toilet set, of the Jackson period, was presented by Mrs. Edgar -Foster. The clock and the unique china candlesticks were also part of -the Hermitage furnishings, and the thermometer was General Jackson’s. - -The silver cup was presented by Martin Van Buren to his godson, Andrew -Jackson, III, on the occasion of his christening at the White House. The -portrait over the mantel, which was at the White House and also hung in -the Hermitage nursery, is of the twin children of Marcus Talmage, of New -York, namesakes of Andrew and Rachel Jackson. Presented by the Talmages. -The French doll of 1830 was given to The Hermitage by the Dixie-Dollers -Club. - -The wooden hat box, which belonged to Jackson’s mother, Elizabeth -Hutchinson Jackson, was given by Mrs. Clara Hudgins Cowgill. The print -of General Jackson is by Currier and Ives. One of the pictures is of -Mrs. Lucius Polk and her son, William. As Mary Eastin, she spent much -time at the White House with the Jacksons during her young ladyhood and -was married there. The other picture is of Mary Eastin and Madame Pageot -(daughter of Jackson’s close friend, Maj. Wm. B. Lewis) who was also one -of the Jacksons’ favorites and was married there. Both pictures, made -from portraits owned by the family of Mrs. Lucius E. Burch, were -presented by Mrs. Burch. The small oil painting by the ten-year-old -daughter of Peter G. Washington was a gift to Jackson during his -presidency. - - - THE UPPER CHAMBERS - - - _Earl’s Room_ - - Ralph E. W. Earl, son of the distinguished artist, Ralph Earl, was a -member of the Hermitage and White House households for 20 years. He -married Jane Caffery, niece of Mrs. Jackson, who died within a year and -Earl never remarried. He painted numerous fine portraits of Jackson and -other notables. He is buried in the Hermitage garden, the gravestone -being inscribed, “Erected in memory of Col. R. E. W. Earl, Friend and -Companion of General Andrew Jackson, who died at the Hermitage, Sept. -16, 1838.” - -The bed, the chest, the mirror, the chair of Venetian ironwork, used as -a barber’s chair, all belonged to the original furnishings. The -wallpaper is also the original. The carpet which is of the same period -was presented by Mrs. Horatio Berry. A quilt of the period is the gift -of Mrs. Louise Blackwell, of Warrenton, Va. - - - 1. Portrait of Col. Jeremiah George Harris. Purser of the Navy, - Editor of National Union and close friend of Jackson. - Presented by his daughter, Mrs. Van S. Lindsley. - 2. Portrait of Jackson by Earl. - 3. Pair of shell letter racks presented to Mrs. Jackson in 1827 - (letter of presentation in the Museum.) - 4. Profile portrait of Jackson by Earl. Presented by Miss Mary - McLemore, Donelson descendant, whose brother, John C. - McLemore, III, had bequeathed it to the Hermitage. - 5. Banjo owned by President Jackson, loaned by Miss Emma - Hoffstetter. - - - _Little Rachel’s Room_ - - First child of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., and Sarah York -Jackson, “Little Rachel” was born at the Hermitage. She was always the -special pet of Jackson and was one of those who stood by his bedside -when he died. This room was refurnished for her with these rosewood -pieces when she married Dr. J. M. Lawrence in 1852. The table belonged -to Jackson. The wall paper is original, but the carpet is one of the -period. The quilt was made by “Little Rachel” and was presented by Mrs. -R. H. Oliphant, of San Mateo, Calif., in memory of her mother. The -portrait over the mantel of Rachel Jackson Lawrence in her latter years -was presented by her family. She is pictured wearing the miniature of -her grandmother Jackson, for whom she was named, and which was given to -her by President Jackson with the injunction never to go without it. A -portrait of Andrew Jackson by the artist Wood, acquired by the -Association in 1910. Washstand set of the period, given by Mrs. David P. -Adams. - -The bronze lamp on mantle was among the original Hermitage furnishings. - - - _The Upper Hall_ - - - 1. Jackson’s old cedar chest. - 2. Steel engraving “Sortie on Gibraltar.” - 3. Steel engraving, “Siege of Gibraltar.” - 4. Steel engraving of Jackson on Sam Patch, willed to the - Association by Miss Elizabeth Archer. - 5. Oration on General Jackson, delivered by George Bancroft, U. S. - Secretary of the Navy, in Washington, June 27, 1845 (one of 24 - public eulogies delivered by various national leaders - following Jackson’s death). - - - _Guest Room_ - - It was the Hermitage custom to welcome all travelers; this room was one -used to accommodate some of the numerous guests. The two mahogany beds -are original. The Association possesses six of the eight mahogany beds -purchased when the house was refurnished in 1835. Also among the -original furnishings are the cedar chest, mahogany washstand and -wardrobe, the mirror, the mother-of-pearl inlay plate, the small leather -trunk and the hatbox, and the wallpaper is original. The bowl and -pitcher, presented by Mary Felice Ferrell, were given to her grandfather -by Jackson. The Venetian ironwork chair was used as a barber’s chair. -The carpet is an old one of the period. - - - 1. Portrait of Jackson by Earl. - 2. Portrait of Jackson by an unknown artist. - - - _The Brides’ Room_ - - As General and Mrs. Jackson were greatly beloved by the younger members -of her family and of their friends, many came, including Henry A. Wise -(later Governor of Virginia) and his bride, to spend their honeymoons at -the Hermitage. This guest room, therefore, was known as the Brides’ -Room. The mahogany bed, French dresser, wardrobe, chest and shaving -stand, table, mirror and china vases were all among the original -furnishings. The bedspread is handwoven, the silk quilt was made by Mrs. -Julia Nichol More, granddaughter of Josiah Nichol, friend and neighbor -of the Jacksons. The carpet was a gift from Miss Myrtle Drane, of -Clarksville, who inherited it from her grandfather. - - - 1. Portrait of Mrs. Jackson. Presented to the Association by Mrs. - Ellen Call Long, whose father, General Call, eloped with Miss - Mary Kirkman and was married at the Hermitage. This portrait - and also one of General Jackson, were given to the young - couple as a bridal present. - 2. Chair from the Chateau de Lafayette, presented to the Association - in 1890 by Senator Edmond de Lafayette, the grandson of - General Lafayette. Senator Lafayette’s letter in relation to - this gift is in the Museum. - 3. Masonic Lodge candlestick used in Gallatin by General Jackson. - Presented by Col. Thomas H. Boyers. - 4. Portrait of Jackson presented to the Association by Mr. and Mrs. - David C. Mosby, San Francisco, Calif. - - - _The Dining Room_ - - Rachel Jackson’s Blessing was: “Sanctify, O Lord, we beseech Thee, this -provision for our good and us to Thy service for Christ’s sake, Amen.” - -The dining room contains the original sideboard, table, some of the -chairs, side table, pier table, sugar chest, andirons, and some of the -silver and glass. The drapery fabric is an exact reproduction of an old -brocatel pattern, by Scalamandre Silks; the curtains are of the type -originally used; the carpet is one of the period. The floor is the only -one in the mansion that has had to be replaced; a piece of the original -flooring is in the Museum. - -Adjoining the dining room is the pantry and farther to the rear the -storeroom. A passageway leads directly from the dining room to the porch -connecting with the kitchen. - -All articles in the dining room are originals unless otherwise -specified. - - - 1. The “Old Hickory” or January 8 mantel, made of bits of hickory - bark worked on only on the 8th of January of successive years, - by one of Jackson’s soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans. - Presented to General Jackson January 8, 1839 and placed in the - dining room by General Jackson, January 8, 1840. - 2. Pair of French vases, on the mantel. - 3. The original dining table, at which several Presidents have - dined: James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Theodore - Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Presidents Millard - Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Rutherford B. - Hayes, and William H. Taft, General Sam Houston, and the - Marquis de Lafayette were also among the distinguished guests - who have been entertained at the Hermitage. - 4. Silver tray given to Jackson by Sam Houston. Presented to the - Association by Mrs. Alice Watkins Shields. The large coffee - pot with the initials A. J., once owned by Jackson, was - returned by its recent owner, Mrs. John MacVeagh, Santa - Barbara, Calif.; the three other pieces are Hermitage - originals. - 5. Candelabra with “wind glasses.” - 6. Epergne. - 7. Silver wine cart. Mate in Museum. - 8. Two of the Decatur silver vegetable dishes. - 9. Silver egg and toast rack. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. T. Graham - Hall in memory of his mother, Mrs. Jennie McIver Hall, to - whose family these were given by the Jacksons. - 10. Cruet set. - 11. Silver covered dishes, part of the silver pieces purchased by - Jackson from the widow of Commodore Decatur. The silver - originally included sixteen round and oval dishes, which were - used constantly for years at the Hermitage. - 12. Silver candelabrum, one of a pair used at the White House, given - by Miss Mary R. Wilcox. - 13. Additional pieces of the Decatur silver. - 14. Bohemian wine decanters and silver holders. - 15. Silver wine cooler. - 16. Portrait of John Donelson, one of the Tennessee pioneers, - brother of Rachel Jackson. - 17. Portrait of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. by Earl. - 18. Portrait of Sarah York Jackson (wife of Andrew Jackson, Jr.). - The dress in which she is pictured is in the Museum. - 19. Portrait of Mrs. John Donelson (Mary Purnell). - 20. Portrait of Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson. - 21. Portrait of Andrew Jackson, about 1820. - 22. Oil painting of Christopher Columbus (over the mantel). - Presented to Jackson by S. D. Bradford of West Roxbury, Mass - 23. Portrait of General Coffee. - 24. Portrait of Mary Donelson Coffee, wife of General Coffee, - daughter of John Donelson and niece of Rachel Jackson. These - portraits were presented by Hon. Alexander Donelson Coffee, - son of General and Mrs. Coffee. - - - _Kitchen_ - - The restoration of the furnishings of the old kitchen to its oldtime -glory of yawning chimney piece, its crane and pothook, its ovens and -skillets, its candle molds and spinning wheels, brings back -reminiscences of the cook, “Betty,” and the old regime of Jackson’s day. -The large stone hearth is as it was in General Jackson’s day. - - - Spinning wheel and reel, over 100 years old. Presented by Andrew - Jackson Baker, former custodian, who was born at the - Hermitage. - Table of the period, given by Mrs. W. H. Wemyss. - Candle molds. Presented by Miss Louise Baxter, Mrs. W. J. McMurray, - Mrs. M. A. Spurr, and Mrs. George L. Cowan. - Pothooks and Flax Hacker. Used in Revolutionary days. Presented by - Miss Louise Baxter and Miss Louise G. Lindsley. - Some of the original kitchen utensils. Presented by Mrs. Andrew - Jackson III. - Copper kettle given to Rachel Jackson by Peggy O’Neal. - Old grease lamp, given by Mrs. W. A. Hargis. - Original water cooler. Always used in the pantry. - Brass kettle. Presented by Mrs. Whitefoord Cole. - Original churn of Jackson’s. Loaned by Miss Emma Hoffstetter. Six - dish covers, pair tongs of Major Andrew Jackson Donelson’s. - Presented by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. - Original old wafer irons. Presented by Mrs. L. D. Hill and Mrs John - K. Maddin. - Original kitchen “safe,” for keeping food. - Pie tins and custard cups, used by Aunt Betty, the cook. - Original spice jars, brought from China. - Original flour and meal chest. - Original chest which contained Decatur silver (see letter in - Museum). - Original brass kettles, used for preserving. - Plate given by Mary Hook, once used at the Hermitage. - Iron spit, given by Mary Felice Ferrell. - The bells overhead on the back porch were rung from the parlor and - front door. - - - _The Old Smokehouse_ - - A remnant of days long gone by, when the smokehouse was the most -important house on a plantation. Built in 1831. - -Original trough for salting meat made from one log, presented by Mrs. -Cleves Symmes, granddaughter of Jackson’s adopted son. - -The iron kettle, used for rendering lard, was given by Mrs. E. W. -Graham, great-great-grandniece of Rachel Jackson. The imitation hams -show how they were hung from the beams. - -A normal supply of meat for the 100 slaves, family and guests when hogs -were killed was from 20,000 to 25,000 pounds. - - - _The Garden_ - - To the east of the mansion is the flower garden which General Jackson -had laid out in 1819 for his wife, Rachel, whose chief interest it was. - -It was designed by William Frost, a well-known English Landscapist, and -it is considered by authorities to be an outstanding example of early -American garden design. - -More than an acre in area, the garden contains about fifty varieties of -old fashioned plants and great hickory and magnolia trees planted by -General Jackson. - -Other interesting varieties of trees in the garden and on the grounds -have markers showing their common and botanical names. - -Copy of an old English sundial given by Thomas H. Berry. Base given by -James W. Pearre. - -The tomb of General and Mrs. Jackson is in the south-east corner of the -garden, and many other members of their family and household are buried -in the plot nearby. - - [Illustration: Garden plan.] - - - - -THE TOMB - - - [Illustration: The tomb.] - -The tomb was built by General Jackson in 1831 and was erected over his -wife, with a vault for himself. - -The inscription on General Jackson’s tomb is: - - General Andrew Jackson - Born March 15, 1767 - Died June 8, 1845 - -The inscription on Mrs. Jackson’s tomb was written by her husband, and -is as follows: - - “Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jackson, wife of President - Jackson, who died the 22nd of December, 1828. Age, 61 years. Her face - was fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable, her heart kind; she - delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures, and - cultivated that divine pleasure by the most liberal and unpretending - methods; to the poor she was a benefactor; to the rich an example; to - the wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an ornament; her piety - went hand in hand with her benevolence, and she thanked her Creator - for being permitted to do good. A being so gentle and so virtuous - slander might wound, but could not dishonor. Even death, when he bore - her from the arms of her husband, could but transport her to the bosom - of her God.” - -The other graves on the plot are those of the adopted son, Andrew -Jackson, Jr., and his wife, Mrs. Sarah York Jackson. Two infants lie -buried there; also one son, Samuel Jackson, who was killed at -Chickamauga; the grave of Dr. John M. Lawrence, who married Rachel, the -idol of the old General’s life. In February, 1923, the spirit of Mrs. -Rachel Jackson Lawrence passed into the great beyond, and her body rests -beside her husband and near her grandfather, the great hero, who -affectionately looked upon and called her his “beloved little Rachel.” -The grave of Col. R. E. W. Earl, friend and companion of Jackson, is -there. Further apart from the other graves is that of Mrs. Marion Adams, -the widowed sister of Mrs. Sarah Jackson who always resided with her, -and whose family was reared at the Hermitage. On December 19, 1906, Col. -Andrew Jackson, grandson, was laid beside his kindred dust in the -garden, and his wife, Mrs. Amy Jackson, who died January 9, 1921, lies -beside him. There are also the graves of John Marshall Lawrence, -1859-1926, and Thomas Donelson Lawrence, 1869-1942, sons of Mrs. Rachel -Jackson Lawrence; and Anne Laurie Lawrence Smith, born at the Hermitage -April 3, 1855, died February 4, 1937, and Sazie Lawrence Winn, born at -Hermitage March 15, 1854, died May 6, 1882, daughters of Mrs. Lawrence. -Andrew Jackson, IV, son of Col. Andrew and Mrs. Amy Jackson, was buried -here in 1953. - -The grave of Uncle Alfred, freed slave who preferred to remain at the -Hermitage and who wanted to be buried near General Jackson, is located -to the north of the tomb in the garden. - -The stone seat near the tomb is one of three presented to the Hermitage -by Mrs. Marvin E. Holderness, Mr. Robert F. Jackson, Jr., and Mr. N. -Baxter Jackson of New York, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Robert F. -Jackson, who served as Regent of the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. Mrs. -Robert F. Jackson’s grandmother, Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, served as first -Regent 1889-1899. - - - THE SARCOPHAGUS OFFER - - In March, 1845, Commodore Elliott offered to General Jackson a - sarcophagus which he had obtained at Palestine. In a letter of - appreciation, but ringing with American spirit, General Jackson - declined the offer. - - Copies of two letters touching this incident were presented to the - Association by Hon. John Wesley Gaines and are as follows: - - Washington City, March 18, 1845. - - _My Dear General_—Last night I made something of a speech at the - National Institute, and have offered for their acceptance the - sarcophagus which I obtained at Palestine, brought home in the - Constitution, and believed to contain the remains of the Roman Emperor - Alexander Severus, with the suggestion that it might be tendered you - for your final resting place. I pray you, General, to live on in the - fear of the Lord; dying the death of a Roman soldier, an emperor’s - coffin awaits you. - - I am, truly, your friend. - Jesse D. Elliott. - To Gen. Andrew Jackson. - - Hermitage, Tenn., March 27, 1845. - - _Dear Sir_—Your letter of the 18th inst. tonight with a copy of the - Proceedings of the National Institute, furnished me by their - corresponding secretary, on the presentation by you of the sarcophagus - for acceptance on condition it shall be preserved and in honor of my - memory, have been received and are now before me. Although laboring - under great debility and affliction, from a severe attack from which I - may not recover, I raise my pen and endeavor to reply. The steadiness - of my nerves may perhaps lead you to conclude my prostration of - strength is not so great as here expressed. Strange as it may appear, - my nerves are as steady as they were forty years gone by, whilst from - debility and affliction I am gasping for breath. I have read the whole - proceedings of the presentation by you of the sarcophagus, and the - resolutions passed by the board of directors so honorable to my fame, - with sensations and feelings more easily to be conjectured than by me - expressed. The whole proceedings call for my most grateful thanks - which are hereby extended to you, and through you to the president and - directors of the National Institute. BUT WITH THE WARMEST SENSATIONS - THAT CAN INSPIRE A GRATEFUL HEART, I MUST DECLINE ACCEPTING THE HONOR - INTENDED TO BE BESTOWED. I CANNOT CONSENT THAT MY MORTAL BODY SHALL BE - LAID IN A REPOSITORY PREPARED FOR AN EMPEROR OR KING. - - MY REPUBLICAN FEELINGS AND PRINCIPLES FORBID IT; THE SIMPLICITY OF OUR - SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT FORBIDS IT. EVERY MONUMENT ERECTED TO PERPETUATE - THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROES AND STATESMEN OUGHT TO BEAR EVIDENCE OF THE - ECONOMY AND SIMPLICITY OF OUR REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS AND OF THE - PLAINNESS OF OUR REPUBLICAN CITIZENS, WHO ARE THE SOVEREIGNS OF OUR - GLORIOUS UNION AND WHOSE VIRTUE IT IS TO PERPETUATE IT. TRUE VIRTUE - CANNOT EXIST WHERE POMP AND PARADE ARE THE GOVERNING PASSIONS. IT CAN - ONLY DWELL WITH THE PEOPLE—THE GREAT LABORING AND PRODUCING - CLASSES—THAT FORM THE BONE AND SINEW OF OUR CONFEDERACY. - - For these reasons I cannot accept the honor you and the president and - directors of the National Institute intended to bestow. I CANNOT - PERMIT MY REMAINS TO BE THE FIRST IN THESE UNITED STATES TO BE - DEPOSITED IN A SARCOPHAGUS MADE FOR AN EMPEROR OR A KING. I again - repeat, please accept for yourself, and convey to the president and - directors of the National Institute, my most profound respects for the - honor you and they intended to bestow. I have prepared an humble - depository for my mortal body besides that wherein lies my beloved - wife, where, without any pomp or parade, I have requested, when my God - calls me to sleep with my fathers, to be laid; for both of us there to - remain until the last trumpet sounds to call the dead to judgment, - when we, I hope, shall rise together, clothed with that heavenly body - promised to all who believe in our glorious Redeemer who died for us - that we might live, and by whose atonement I hope for a blessed - immortality. - - I am, with great respect, your friend and fellow citizen, - Andrew Jackson. - To Commodore J. D. Elliott, United States Navy. - -On January 8th, the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, an annual -pilgrimage is made to the tomb of Andrew Jackson by the Association, -school groups, patriotic and civil official organizations. -Representatives place wreaths on the tomb. The Andrew Jackson State -Park, commemorating his birthplace, is located 10 miles north of -Lancaster, S. C. - -Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, largely a memorial to General -Jackson, is located on the site of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, on the -Tallapoosa River, east central Alabama. - - - _Uncle Alfred’s Cabin_ - - Uncle Alfred was General Jackson’s body-servant and lived in his cabin -in the rear yard. Born in 1803, he lived until 1901, and for many years -entertained visitors when acting as guide through the Hermitage. At his -request, he is buried near the Jackson tomb in the garden. This cabin -has been furnished according to Uncle Alfred’s time. In one of the rooms -of the cabin is an old spinning jinny (original) presented by Mrs. W. B. -Walton, a great-niece of Mrs. Jackson. This was inherited by Mrs. Walton -from the family. - - - _Old Carriage House From Hunter’s Hill_ - - Log building used as a carriage house during Jackson’s residence at -Hunter’s Hill, was moved from there and now located near the spring, -used as a tool house. - - - _The Log House by the Spring_ - - Completed in 1940, was built for the use of the Hermitage Association -members. It consists of two spacious rooms and a kitchen equipped for -simple cooking. It is used for the annual spring and fall outings of the -Association, and members have the privilege of using the kitchen and one -or both rooms for entertaining, upon application to the custodian and -payment of a small fee. One of the rooms was furnished in memory of Mrs. -Walter Stokes, former Regent, by her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, and -her son, Walter Stokes, Jr. - - - GENUINENESS OF THE RELICS - -That there might never be a question raised as to the genuineness of the -relics purchased, the Association has obtained from Colonel Jackson and -his sister, Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, the following affidavit: - - TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: - - This is to certify that all the articles of furniture or relics - purchased by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association from Mrs. Rachel - Jackson Lawrence, granddaughter, and Col. Andrew Jackson, grandson of - General Andrew Jackson are the identical pieces of furniture owned and - used by General Jackson during his lifetime. They were in the - Hermitage when General Jackson died and were there when the Ladies’ - Hermitage Association took possession in 1889. The entire collection - was removed in 1893, when Col. Jackson left the Hermitage, and have - been restored from time to time as the Association was able to - purchase them. - - The articles restored up to the present time, March, 1900, are those - in General Jackson’s bedroom, which is complete as it was the day he - died; the library, or office, entire; the hall, entire; and all - furniture now in the dining room and parlors. - - (SEAL) - Rachel Jackson Lawrence. - Col. Andrew Jackson. - - Sworn to and subscribed before me, this March 13, 1900. - R. S. Cowan, _Notary Public_. - -Since 1900 many more pieces of the Jackson furniture and relics have -been acquired and restored to the Hermitage by purchase, gift, or loan; -and while it is well furnished throughout with original pieces, -information is still being gathered and evaluated on some outstanding -relics. - - - OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS - OF THE - LADIES’ HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION - - _Regent_ Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith - _First Vice-Regent_ Mrs. William P. Cooper - _Second Vice-Regent_ Mrs. Edward W. Graham - _Treasurer_ Mrs. Roy C. Avery - _Recording Secretary_ Mrs. Horatio Buntin - _Corresponding Secretary_ Mrs. Douglas M. Wright - - - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Miss Marian Craig - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. Henry Goodpasture - Mrs. Douglas Henry - Mrs. Marvin E. Holderness - Miss Martha Lindsey - Mrs. Gilbert Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. Fred Russell - Mrs. Laird Smith - Mrs. William H. Wemyss - Mrs. John Reid Woodward - - - Mr. Stanley F. Horn, _President_, Nashville - Mr. William Waller, _Vice President_, Nashville - Mr. C. Lawrence Winn, _Secretary_, Old Hickory - Mr. Henry Barker, Bristol - Mr. Thomas H. Berry, White Pine - Mr. Walter Chandler, Memphis - Mr. Lewis R. Donelson, Jr., Memphis - Mr. T. Graham Hall, Nashville - Mr. James G. Stahlman, Nashville - - - The Following Boards Have Had Control of the Association Since Its - Organization - - - ELECTED MAY 15, 1889 - - - Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Regent - Mrs. A. S. Colyar, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. J. M. Dickinson, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. William Morrow - Mrs. John Ruhm - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. Duncan B. Cooper - Mrs. Felix Demoville - L. F. Benson, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 20, 1891 - - - Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Regent - Mrs. Albert S. Marks, Acting Regent - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. William Morrow - Mrs. John Ruhm - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks - Dr. William Morrow, Treasurer - - - ELECTED JUNE 7, 1893 - - - Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Regent - Mrs. Albert S. Marks, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. John Ruhm, Auditor - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. Isabel M. Clark - Mrs. J. M. Dickinson - Mr. Edgar Jones, Treasurer - - - ELECTED OCTOBER 30, 1895 - - - Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Regent - Mrs. Albert S. Marks, Acting Regent - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. John Ruhm, Auditor - Mrs. Hugh Craighead - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. Isabel Clark - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 19, 1897 - - - Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Regent - Mrs. Albert S. Marks, Acting Regent - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. R. G. Throne - Mrs. J. M. Dickinson - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill - Mrs. A. M. Shook - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 17, 1899 - - - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Regent - Mrs. J. M. Dickinson. First Vice-Regent - Mrs. Eugene C. Lewis, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. R. G. Throne - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill - Mrs. A. M. Shook - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. J. C. Buntin - Mrs. A. M. Shook, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 15, 1901 - - - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. William J. McMurray - Mrs. Thomas M. Steger - Mrs. J. C. Buntin - Mrs. J. Walter Allen, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 13, 1903 - - - Mrs. J. Berrien Lindsley, Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. John C. Gaut - Mrs. William J. McMurray - Mrs. Thomas M. Steger - Mrs. J. C. Buntin - Mrs. J. Walter Allen, Treasurer - Mrs. Lindsley expiring July 5, 1903. Mrs. A. M. Shook was elected - Regent, Miss Louise Lindsley, a director. - - - ELECTED MAY 17, 1905 - - - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Regent - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill, First Vice-Regent - Miss Louise Lindsley, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. J. Walter Allen, Secretary - Mrs. William J. McMurray - Mrs. Thomas M. Steger - Mrs. J. C. Buntin - Mrs. A. M. Shook - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 15, 1907 - - - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Regent - Miss Louise G. Lindsley, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. J. Walter Allen, Secretary - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill - Mrs. Thomas M. Steger - Mrs. B. F. Wilson - Mrs. Joseph M. Ford - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 19, 1909 - - - Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Regent - Mrs. Walter Allen, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill - Mrs. J. Cleves Symmes - Mrs. B. F. Wilson - Mrs. Joseph M. Ford - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - Mrs. M. S. Cockrill expired 1910. Mrs. Shelby Williams elected her - successor. - - - ELECTED MAY 17, 1911 - - - Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Regent - Mrs. J. Walter Allen, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. J. Cleves Symmes - Mrs. John C. Brown - Mrs. A. M. Shook - Mrs. James H. Campbell - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 21, 1913 - - - Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Regent - Miss Louise G. Lindsley, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Miss Carrie Sims - Mrs. R. A. Henry - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - - - ELECTED MAY 19, 1915 - - - Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Regent - Miss Louise G. Lindsley, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Miss Carrie Sims - Mrs. R. A. Henry - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks - Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer - Mrs. P. H. Manlove expiring February 27, 1917. Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks - was elected treasurer and Mrs. Porter Phillips a director. - - - ELECTED MAY 16, 1917 - - - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Regent - Mrs. B. F. Wilson, First Vice-Regent - Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. A. M. Shook - Mrs. Porter Phillips - Mrs. R. A. Henry - Mrs. J. Washington Moore - - - ELECTED MAY 21, 1919 - - - Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Regent - Mrs. B. F. Wilson, First Vice-Regent - Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. E. T. Lowe - Mrs. Porter Phillips - Mrs. Harry Evans - Mrs. R. A. Henry - - - ELECTED MAY 18, 1921 - - - Mrs. Harry Evans, Regent - Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James S. Frazer, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. R. A. Henry - Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Harry Evans resigned April 4th 1922. Mrs. Henry elected Regent - and Mrs. McFarland a director. Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks resigned - December, 1921. Mrs. E. A, Lindsey elected treasurer. Mrs. - Joseph H. Thompson resigned and Mrs. Reau Folk elected - October, 1921. - - - ELECTED MAY 1922 - - - Mrs. R. A. Henry, Regent - Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James S. Frazer, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Reau Folk - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Craig McFarland - - - ELECTED MAY 16, 1923 - - - Mrs. Walter Stokes, Regent - Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James S. Frazer, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary - Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Reau Folk - Mrs. Craig McFarland - Mrs. John T. Henderson - - - ELECTED MAY 20, 1925 - - - Mrs. Walter Stokes, Regent - Mrs. James Frazer, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Reau Folk, Secretary - Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Craig McFarland - Mrs. H. L. Sperry. - Mrs. J. H. Overton - - - ELECTED MAY 18, 1927 - - - Mrs. James S. Frazer, Regent - Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, 1st Vice-Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Secretary - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. H. L. Sperry - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sr. - - - ELECTED MAY 15, 1929 - - - Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Regent - Mrs. Reau E. Folk, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. E. E. Graham, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. H. L. Sperry, Secretary - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. James E. Caldwell - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - - - ELECTED MAY 20, 1931 - - - Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Regent - Mrs. Reau E. Folk, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Secretary - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. James E. Caldwell - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - - - ELECTED MAY 17, 1933 - - - Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec. - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. E. A. Lindsey - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. George Blackie - - - ELECTED MAY, 1935 - - - Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec. - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. E. A. Lindsey - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. George Blackie - - - ELECTED MAY, 1937 - - - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec. - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. E. A. Lindsey - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. George Blackie - Mrs. Reau E. Folk. - - - ELECTED MAY, 1939 - - - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Geo. Blackie, Corresponding Secretary - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Charles Buntin - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. James E. Caldwell expired 1939, and Mrs. Edgar Foster was - elected her successor. Miss Martha Lindsey was elected to the - Board. - - - ELECTED MAY, 1941 - - - Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. George F. Blackie, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Charles E. Buntin - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - - - ELECTED MAY, 1943 - - - Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. George F. Blackie, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary - Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Charles E. Buntin - Miss Louise G. Lindsley - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sr. - - - ELECTED MAY, 1945 - - - Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Paul DeWitt - Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Miss Fermine Pride - Mrs. William P. Cooper - Mrs. Roy Avery - - - ELECTED MAY, 1947 - - - Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sec. Vice-Regent - Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer - Mrs. Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. Walter Stokes - Mrs. Paul DeWitt - Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Miss Fermine Pride - Mrs. William P. Cooper - Mrs. Roy Avery - - - ELECTED MAY, 1949 - - - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Regent - Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent - Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy Avery, Treasurer - Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Mrs. Charles E. Buntin - Mrs. Lyon Childress - Mrs. Paul DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Douglas Henry - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. William H. Wemyss - - - ELECTED MAY, 1951 - - - Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, Regent - Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent - Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer - Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Mrs. Charles Buntin - Mrs. Lyon Childress - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Douglas Henry - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - - - ELECTED MAY, 1953 - - - Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, Regent - Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent - Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer - Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Mrs. Charles Buntin - Mrs. Lyon Childress - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Douglas Henry - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith - - - ELECTED MAY, 1955 - - - Mrs. Douglas Henry, Regent - Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent - Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer - Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary - Mrs. Geo. F. Blackie - Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin - Mrs. Lyon Childress - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Henry Goodpasture - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith - Mrs. William H. Wemyss - - - ELECTED MAY, 1957 - - - Mrs. William P. Cooper, Regent - Miss Martha Lindsey, First Vice-Regent - Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer - Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin, Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. Henry Goodpasture - Mrs. E. W. Graham - Mrs. Douglas Henry - Mrs. Robert F. Jackson - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith - Mrs. William H. Wemyss - - - ELECTED MAY, 1959 - - - Miss Martha Lindsey, Regent - Mrs. Douglas S. Henry, First Vice-Regent - Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent - Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer - Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin, Secretary - Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary - Mrs. George F. Blackie - Mrs. William P. Cooper - Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt - Mrs. Edgar M. Foster - Mrs. Henry Goodpasture - Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt - Mrs. Jesse M. Overton - Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith - Mrs. William H. 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