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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson

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Auction Date:2010 Jul 14 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Autograph document, 7 x 10.25, dated September 21, 1818. Headed in another hand, “Meltons Bluff September 21st 1818 Richard Massey Dr to the farm of Jacksons and Hutchings.” Richard Massey was the overseer of the plantation. The first seven entries, for “Cotton…Corn…fodder…” totaling $85.50 are also not in Jackson’s hand, but the next 20 lines, over 100 words and amounts, were penned by Andrew Jackson. In part, “Credit by Sundries for cash advanced for the use of the farmers for account rendered $29.62½” which is deducted by Jackson from the $85.50 leaving a balance of $55.87½. Continuing, “cash paid John Lookingbill for picking out 2362½ pounds of cotton a receipt to be obtained by R. Massey…cash paid Sambert for cutting corn as pr recpt 5.50…cash paid Shadrack Howard for picking out cotton as pr recpt 11.50…Cash paid Jessie Owens for weaving as pr receipt. 7.25 Ditto for Picking out cotton as pr recpt 4.00…Charles Plant for Beef as pr receipt 7.70…Shirt for Stephen…paid John Baker for picking out 175 lb cotton…paid Jane Willson for her sons picking cotton…” Docketed by Jackson on the reverse of the integral leaf: “repts paid for Picking out cotton &c Meltons Bluff & recpts for the same – rendered by R. Massey overseer 24th Septr 1818.” Professional repair to central vertical separation between the sheet and its integral leaf, some scattered pinholes of paper loss, scattered toning and soiling, and some chipping to edges, otherwise very good condition. Accompanied by five manuscript receipts mentioned by Jackson in the above document.

Addressing such mundane concerns on his Alabama plantation, such as reimbursement for work in the cotton and corn fields, may have come as a welcome relief to Jackson, especially after having caused international uproar six months before addressing the matters identified here. On March 15, 1818, Jackson and a band of servicemen, militiamen, and Native American warriors invaded Spanish-controlled Florida in an attempt to prevent the territory from becoming a safe haven for runaway slaves. Seminole Indians, defending their land, attacked the invading forces, only to have their crops and homes burned by Jackson’s troops. He also had two British subjects, who had been aiding the Seminoles, tried and executed. Two months later, on May 28, Jackson departed Florida to return to his Alabama residence. His actions had serious international repercussions. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams had just started negotiations with Spain for the purchase of Florida—negotiations suspended by Spanish officials in protest over the invasion and subsequent seizure of West Florida. Interestingly, as Jackson had been a slave owner, it is conceivable that some of the individuals identified in this document were, in fact, owned by the future president.
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