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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson

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Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
DS, signed in the text, “A.J.,” and “Jackson,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, September 1818. Headed “Doctor Crabb…to the Estate” [rubbed out] “farm of Jacksons & Hutchings.” Dated August 3, 1818, the list comprises “Eighteen bushels of corn,” “one dusen & a half of fodder,” “twenty three pounds of hogs lard,” and “cash paid for cotton seed,” a total of $28.87½.” At the bottom, Dr. Crabb has written, “I do hereby certify that the above account is just & true. Melton Bluff, Sepr. 25th 1818. F.T. Crabb. Received all demands in full this 25th Sepr 1818 of Jackson & Hutchings for Medical Services P[ayment] witness our hands & seal Crabb & Rousseau.” Jackson has also docketed the reverse, “Doctor Crabb acpts P[ayment] with Jackson & Hutchings up to 24th Sept. 1818. Paid Doctor Crab –one hundred dollars, as follows, the within accts $28.87½ / In cash by A.J. 71.12 ½ [total] 100.00.” In good condition, with partial separations along intersecting folds, separated lower left corner, scattered edge chipping, light toning and soiling, a few brushes to text, and several edge tears. Accompanied by a a photocopy of a bill from Crabb & Rousseau to Jackson dated July 24, 1818, one month earlier, for $260 listing expenses for “medical att[ention[ & medicine with Black family promiscuously from Octr 1817 up to 1st May 1818,” “attend & med. Yellow Mary,” “Delivery & att. three negro women,” and “att on six negroes this month.” There is no indication on this bill that it was paid.

The physicians referenced above had been responsible for the health and well-being of the approximately 60 slaves on Jackson’s Alabama plantation. To be sure, Jackson must gladly have addressed such matters, considering the international uproar he caused in March 1818 when he and a group 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—and had their crops and homes burned by Jackson’s troops in return. He also had two British subjects, who had been aiding the Seminoles, tried and executed. On May 28, Jackson returned to Alabama but 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. By this time, however, ensuring that individuals were paid for their services was at the top of Old Hickory’s list of things to do. It is worth noting that the July 24, 1818, bill, with no handwritten notations or signature by Jackson, recently sold at public auction for $5676.25.
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