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Presidents -- United States -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Andrew Jackson letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 564
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten and signed letters both written in Washington D.C. One, an original, is dated May 10, 1824 and addressed to John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Secretary of War of the United States. The item recommends Lt. Hammond, a recent graduate of West Point, to a position with the United States Corps of Engineers. The other, a photocopy, is dated June 21, 1832 and addressed to "my son" discussing the bill for the laying out of the Territory of Arkansas and in getting the area surveyed.

Dates: 1824-1832