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)

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.

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.

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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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