Letters, 1818-1828.

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Letters, 1818-1828.

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Letters, 1818 Oct. 20 and 1828 Sept. 5, the first of which is from Andrew Jackson, at the Chickasaw treaty ground, to John McKee, in which is discussed the sale of land by the Chickasaws to the United States, as well as showing the Chickasaws how to grow and spin cotton. The second letter is from McKee, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., to George Hays, and in it is discussed McKee's move to Washington, D.C., his sale of his mills, and the settlement of his business affairs, including his debt to Louis Durant, in and around Tuscaloosa.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

McKee, John, 1771-1832

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Indian agent and U.S. representative from Alabama. From the description of Papers of John McKee, circa 1792-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132201 Epithet: of Glasgow? BA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x0000f5 McKee was a Choctaw Indian agent, and served on treaty conventions with the Choctaws, Cherokees, and Chickasaws, and was a native of Va. He was in the Choctaw nation a...

Hays, George, d. 1839.

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Durant, Louis.

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