Research Catalog

Title

Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, 1806-1864 (bulk 1814-1845).

Author

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide and digital images

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876.
• Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866.
• Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
• Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876.
• Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
• Ford collection.

Description

.76 linear foot (4 volumes)

Summary

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a soldier, politician, and seventh President of the United States. William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866) of Tennessee was Andrew Jackson's friend and political advisor. The Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, 1806-1864, is an artificial collection consisting of their letters, 1814-1845; correspondence of the two men with other prominent individuals; and a few miscellaneous documents, chiefly military returns signed by or relating to Jackson, 1813-1814. The bulk of the Jackson-Lewis letters are written by Jackson to Lewis, spanning Jackson's military and political careers and retirement at The Hermitage. Lewis's letters to Jackson are Lewis's own copies.

Subjects

• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865
• United States > History > 1783-1865
• United States > History > War of 1812
• Tennessee > Politics and government > To 1865
• Creek War, 1813-1814
• Indians of North America
• Soldiers
• Tennessee > Militia
• Presidents > United States
• legal documents
• military records
• Statesmen
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
• Politicians

Genre/Form

• legal documents.
• military records.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
• Digital images must be used in lieu of original volumes.

Additional Formats (note)

• Available as digital images.
• A calendar of the Jackson-Lewis letters is published in the Bulletin of The New York Public Library, Volume IV, No. 9 (September 1900), pp. 292-320. Some letters are fully transcribed in the same volume, No. 5 (May 1900), pp. 154-162, and No. 6 (June 1900), pp. 188-198, as identified in the calendar.

Funding (note)

• Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source (note)

• Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford collection, and purchase, 1946.

Call Number

MssCol 23877

OCLC

964527674

Author

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Title

Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, 1806-1864 (bulk 1814-1845).

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Digital images must be used in lieu of original volumes.

Additional Formats

Available as digital images.

A calendar of the Jackson-Lewis letters is published in the Bulletin of The New York Public Library, Volume IV, No. 9 (September 1900), pp. 292-320. Some letters are fully transcribed in the same volume, No. 5 (May 1900), pp. 154-162, and No. 6 (June 1900), pp. 188-198, as identified in the calendar.

Funding

Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source

Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford collection, and purchase, 1946.

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Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

Politicians.

Presidents.

Soldiers.

Statesmen.

Added Author

Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876.

Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866.

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.

Ford collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol 23877