Andrew Jackson letter, 1820.

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Andrew Jackson letter, 1820.

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This collection consists of a letter from Andrew Jackson to Mad Wolf, who was Yaha Hajo, a Seminole Chief, and James Fife, an Upper Creek Chief, 1820. At the time of the letter, Jackson was the Major General Commanding the Division of the South. The letter concerns the Talladegas, Seminole, and Creek Indians, the distribution of cattle taken from the Seminoles, the depredations of the "Red Sticks," a party of Creeks, and a fair distribution of the $80,000 appropriated by the U.S. Congress to indemnify the Indians for their losses.

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Georgia 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...