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President at the time of writing, Jackson asks Henry Baldwin, his friend and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to "obtain for me the desired information in respect to my confidential letter to Mr. M. of the 6th of January 1818."
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Washington, Novr. 7. 1831. Dear Sir, Yours of the 3rd. Inst. was duly received; and now permit me to request that you will, if possible, thro Mr. Roberts, or any other channel obtain for me the desired information in respect to my confidential letter to Mr. M. of the 6th of January 1818, having been in the hands of Mr. Lacock. in 1819, as chairman of the the Committee. Your own judgement will be your best guide to determine the means proper to be employed in procuring the facts in regard to this matter. It is desireable that this information be had at as early a day as convenient. Very Sincerely, Yr Friend Andrew Jackson Hon Henry Baldwin, Philadelphia
Creation Date
11-7-1831
City
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1767-1845
Keywords
Andrew Jackson, Henry Baldwin, 1831, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Abner Lacock, 1818
Resource Identifier
080429-27
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Political History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Andrew, "Andrew Jackson letter to Henry Baldwin requesting information "in respect to [a] confidential letter" Jackson wrote in 1818. Dated 1831, Washington, D.C." (1831). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 185.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/185
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