Papers, 1827-1841.

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Papers, 1827-1841.

Principally family letters concerning family matters, with references to slavery, trade, Natchez, commodity prices, mosquitoes, yellow fever, Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi flood of 1828, Jackson's war on the Bank of the United States, the fire of 1836 in Natchez, and the panic of 1837.

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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...

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

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In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...

Farnsworth, Isaac T.

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Business and plantation agent, of Natchez (Adams Co.), Miss. From the description of Papers, 1827-1841. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20770181 ...