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Andrew Jackson

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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

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PDF

Language

En-us

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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.

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The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

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Andrew Jackson letter to Henry Baldwin requesting information

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