JACKSON RACHEL Autograph Letter Signed to David Cowan

Sale 2483 - Lot 167

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Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000

OFFERING "ANY OFFICE WITHIN THE GIFT OF MR. JACKSON" JACKSON, RACHEL. Autograph Letter Signed, to David Cowan, offering her husband's power of political patronage to help relieve his family's distress. 1 page, 4to, with integral address leaf; silked on recto and verso, faint scattered staining, folds, collector's ink stamp on terminal page ("Collection of Dr. Max Thorek"). Pensacola, 29 June [1821]

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"I . . . have read in tears the distresses which seem to threaten you and your helpless family. If there be any office within the gift of Mr. Jackson, which can relieve your condition, I will with pleasure use my exertions in obtaining it for you. He will be in town in a few days, at which time he will answer your petition. In the mean time I will be glad to see you and lady."
On March 10, 1821, General Andrew Jackson was appointed U.S. Commissioner and Governor of Florida by President James Monroe; he lived in Pensacola with his wife until the end of that year, when the Jacksons returned to TN.
In July of 1821, Andrew Jackson appointed David Cowan Port Warden of Pensacola.