Historic record of the "gold snuff box" presented to Major General Andrew Jackson, by the Major Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New York, Feby. 23rd 1819 : bequeathed by him and awarded under his will by his trustee, Col. Andrew Jackson to Brevet Brigadier Gen. Ward B. Burnett August 17, 185

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Historic record of the "gold snuff box" presented to Major General Andrew Jackson, by the Major Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New York, Feby. 23rd 1819 : bequeathed by him and awarded under his will by his trustee, Col. Andrew Jackson to Brevet Brigadier Gen. Ward B. Burnett August 17, 1859 : transcripts, 1860.

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Extracts and transcriptions of documents pertaining to the history and ownership of a gold snuff box originally presented to Andrew Jackson by the City of New York in 1819 and later bequeathed by Jackson to Ward B. Burnett in 1859. Includes copies of speeches and correspondence concerning the presentation of the box, inscriptions from the box itself, extracts from Jackson's will concerning the disposition of the box, documents testifying to the honors received by Burnett as colonel of the 2nd New York Volunteers, and his petitions as the box's rightful hier and owner.

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New-York Historical Society

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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...

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Ward B. Burnett, a Pennsylvania native, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1832. He resigned from the army in 1836 and became a civil engineer. When the U.S. war with Mexico began, Burnett enlisted as colonel of the First New York Volunteers, and was engaged with his regiment in the seige of Vera Cruz, the battle of Cerro Gordo, the battle of Contreras, and the battle of Churubusco, where he was severely wounded. His regiment was disbanded August 1, 1848. Following the Mexican War, Burn...

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