Andrew Jackson autograph collection, 1830-1876.

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Andrew Jackson autograph collection, 1830-1876.

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Items relating to two patents: the first a patent letter (1830), signed by Andrew Jackson, written to Joseph V. Hughes, Pottsville, Pa., relating to Hughes's invention for an improvement for railroad carriages; and the second (1876), a patent issued to John P. Onderdonk, Philadelphia, Pa., for improvements in making umbrella coverings, granted by Queen Victoria of England.

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Salem County 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...

Hughes, Joseph V.

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Onderdonk, John P.

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...