Andrew Jackson to Samuel F. Hays Correspondence (restricted original), April 19, 1830
Scope and Content Note
Letters dated at Washington, D. C. April 19, 1830 and April 25, 1831, from President Jackson to, respectively, Samuel F. Hays at Nashville, Tennessee and the Reverend Hardy M. Cryer, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The earlier, one-page letter deals with personal affairs, principally with the care of Jackson's garden and his wife's grave at "The Hermitage." The second letter, of eight pages, discusses political affairs, especially the resignation of Martin Van Buren and John Henry Eaton from Jackson's cabinet, and other events, following upon "the Eaton affair"; Jackson's opposition to the Bank of the United States; his political controversy with John Caldwell Calhoun and Duff Green; and his interest in the political activities of Hugh Lawson White, Littleton Waller Tazewell, and John Tyler.
Dates
- April 19, 1830
Conditions Governing Access
Access to original is restricted; access copy available in Box LOC L34.
Creator
- From the Collection: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Person)
Repository Details
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