Letter : New Orleans, to James Winchester, Mobile, [Ala.], 1815 Feb. 22.

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Letter : New Orleans, to James Winchester, Mobile, [Ala.], 1815 Feb. 22.

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Autogragh letter signed. Signed by Jackson. Folded letter sheet with address. Jackson writes to Major General James Winchester that a peace agreement was signed at Ghent on December 24, 1814, but that hostilities would probably continue until the Prince Regent and the President have signed the treaty. He warns Winchester to remain vigilant and on guard in case Mobile should be attacked.

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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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Great Britain. 1814 Dec. 24.

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