(PRESIDENTS 1833) Group of 6 letters to Andrew Jackson as p

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"YOUR NEGROES ARE . . . WELL ENOUGH PLEASED WITH THEIR OVERSEER" (PRESIDENTS--1833.) Group of 6 letters to Andrew Jackson as president, several of them discussing his slaves and the Hermitage. Autograph Letters Signed, all 4to, most with address panel on final page addressed to Jackson in Washington, each docketed by Jackson on the final leaf with a short note and his initials "A.J."; condition generally strong. (MRS) Vp, 1833-37

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Correspondents include: nephew John Donelson Jr, concerning his work as a surveyor of Chickasaw land, and the state of Jackson's plantation: "Your negroes are healthy and in good spirits, well enough pleased with their overseer. I expect he is as humane and kind to them as the nature of slavery will admit." Hermitage, 8 May 1833 Another nephew, Thomas J. Donelson, on the state of Jackson's cotton and horses. Hermitage, 10 January 1834 A third nephew, Andrew Jackson Donelson, concerning turnpike construction and plantation affairs: "Your negroes are well, and your stock of all kinds appears plentifully fed." "At home," 22 January 1837 Margaret D. Armstrong, describing the death of her mother-in-law and her visit to the Hermitage: "Old Dick has just left here. He came in from the Hermitage to market. He says the black people are all well except some few little negroes that have the fever, but are getting well." [Tennessee], 17 August 1833 Henry Toland, on French spoliation claims. Philadelphia, 29 May 1835 R.E. DeRussy, on the dismissal of nephew Andrew Jackson Coffee from the military academy. West Point, NY, 12 January 1836. Provenance: Charles Hamilton sale, 22 September 1966, lot 193, to the consignor.