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ANDREW JACKSON

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ANDREW JACKSON

<b>370. ANDREW JACKSON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1767-1845). Forceful seventh President of the United States (1829-37), the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the mass of voters. He served as Commander of the South during the War of 1812 and gained military fame through campaigns against the Creek Indians and a victory over the British in New Orleans in 1815. ALS as President, 1p, 8vo, Washington, Jun 15, 1829. To Daniel Garland, an agent for the governor of VA, promising an order to release a fugitive from the Washington jail into his custody. In full, “<i>The President will make an order for the delivery of John Dungy to the agent on his producing the certificate of the Governor of Virginia that the proceedings in this case are authentic, but such order for delivery will be conditional that is to say on payment of fees</i>...” Boldly penned and signed. Weak folds at center of top portion reinforced with paper tape on verso; else VG/Fine example. Dungy was wanted for the murder of his wife. On Jul 8, 1828, the Governor of VA had issued a proclamation calling for his arrest, offering a reward of $75.

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