Andrew Hynes papers, 1814-1815.

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Andrew Hynes papers, 1814-1815.

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This collection consists of correspondence of Andrew Hynes while serving with Tennessee troops in the Battle of New Orleans campaign. The correspondence from Nashville mentions business, political and military affairs. Correspondents represented in the collection include Willie Blount, Governor of Tennessee; Thomas Fletcher; and his own brother, William Hynes. Also included are French and English printed texts of orders of General Andrew Jackson, broadsides, a roster of officers of the Tennessee army, financial records, and a hand-drawn map of the battlefield of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

2 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversized folder)

eng,

fre,

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7917414

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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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...

Blount, Willie, 1768-1835

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Hynes, Andrew, 1786-1849.

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Andrew Hynes, a soldier and planter, was born Sept. 20,1788 in Bardstown, Ky. He moved to Nashville, Tenn., in 1810 where he joined the state militia, and later served as aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. He married Ann Erwin of Home Place Plantation, Iberville Parish, La. on March 2, 1817. Lavinia, one of their seven children, married Edward J. Gay, who was to become a congressman from Louisiana. While maintaining a home in Nashville, Hynes resided at Home Pla...

Hynes family.

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