Papers, 1820-1836.

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Papers, 1820-1836.

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Primarily correspondence supporting applictions for positions, principally in the U.S. Navy. All of this correspondence was referred to the Secretary of the Navy for action. The referral notes on the covers of the letters are all signed "A. J." The remaining three items consist of a letter of condolence from Jackson to General John Coffee and his wife Polly on the death of their young daughter; a letter from Jackson to John Reah regarding Jackson's 1817 offer to President Monroe to use force against the Spaniards who were inciting the Indians in Florida to massacre U.S. Citizens, and were encouraging the smuggling of Africans into U.S. territory; and a report by a committee of the House of Representatives of South Carolina on the gift of a bust of Andrew Jackson presented by James Rhonaldson for the Legislative Library.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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