Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. papers 1672, 1814-1863 1814-1863 Jackson, Ebenezer, Jr. papers

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Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. papers 1672, 1814-1863 1814-1863 Jackson, Ebenezer, Jr. papers

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This collection contains letters and documents related to the family of Congressman Ebenezer Jackson, Jr., of Savannah, Georgia, and Middletown, Connecticut. Jackson and his father wrote and received personal letters about contemporary political issues. The letters offer commentary on the Missouri Compromise, the 1860 United States presidential election, secession, and the Civil War. Jackson also wrote about his travels in Boston, Massachusetts, and offered advice to his brother Amasa, who attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in the mid-1820s.

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