Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Scope and Content
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
- Citation/Reference
Collection Access
Andrew Jackson papers collection (at Chicago History Museum)
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Andrew Jackson papers collection (at Chicago History Museum)
- Dates
- 1786-1853
- Creator
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Creator
- Armstrong, John, 1758-1843
- Creator
- Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
- Creator
- Blount, William, 1749-1800
- Creator
- Blount, Willie, 1768-1835
- Creator
- Butler, Robert, 1786-1860.
- Creator
- Carroll, William, 1788-1844
- Creator
- Claiborne, William C. C.(William Charles Cole), 1775-1817
- Creator
- Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856
- Creator
- Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833
- Creator
- Gadsden, James, 1788-1858
- Creator
- Hays, Robert
- Creator
- Morgan, David Banister, 1773-1848
- Creator
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831
- Creator
- Overton, John, 1766-1833
- Creator
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
- Creator
- United States.President (1829-1837 : Jackson)
- Creator
- United States Army
- Size
- 13 folders.
- Size
- 8 oversize folders.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
Advance appointment with special permission required to view a portion of the collection. Photocopies are available for research use for many of these items. As part of our storage renovations, some or all items in this collection are offsite and inaccessible until 2022. Materials in the "Copy/Holdings Information" section with "Lot" or "OS" or "Oversize" in the call number are NOT currently available unless stated otherwise. Please email us at research@chicagohistory.org with any questions you might have.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Gunther Estate. Purchase 1923.1000.
Custodial History
This collection was assembled from a variety of sources; the largest portion was purchased from the Gunther estate in the 1920s (1923.1000). The Col. Robert Butler papers were purchased from a junk dealer in 1885.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, certificates, muster rolls, military reports, and other documents, including many fragmentary items, relating to Andrew Jackson and various phases of his life and times. Most Jackson correspondence is composed of incoming letters to him. About 34 items in the collection are handwritten or signed by Jackson. Topics in the collection include Jackson's military career, his business affairs, real estate and enslaving transactions, the firm Jackson and Hutchings, and the Donelson family; the War of 1812, the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the Battle of New Orleans; the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians; the U.S. Army, Jean Laffite, Florida, and the annexation of Texas. The oversize folders mostly contain muster rolls, inspection returns, morning reports, ordnance reports, etc. from the era of 1809-1820, some relating to Jackson's troops and some to Col. Robert Butler's commands.
Scope and Content
Correspondents include W.L. Anderson, Mathew Arbuckle, John Armstrong, Thomas Hart Benton, Daniel Bissell, Willie Blount, William Carroll, William C. C. Claiborne, John H. Eaton, Ninian Edwards, James Gadsden, Robert Hays, Sam Houston, Samuel Jackson, John McKee, Brig. Gen. David B. Morgan, James Monroe, Francis Newman, George Nixon, John Overton, Robert Purdy, John Reid, John Rhea, William Tharp, George Walker, and Robert James Walker.
Other Descriptive Data
Photocopies of most original manuscript items by Jackson at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, have been filed with the Jackson papers for convenient access.
Descriptive inventory available online.
Indexed Terms
- Jackson, Andrew, -- 1767-1845 -- Archives
- Jackson, Rachel, -- 1767-1828
- Hays, Robert
- Donelson family
- Benton, Thomas Hart, -- 1782-1858
- Blount, Willie, -- 1768-1835
- Butler, Robert, -- 1786-1860
- Edwards, Ninian, -- 1775-1833
- Gadsden, James, -- 1788-1858
- Overton, John, -- 1766-1833
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Florida -- Governor
- Tennessee -- Militia
- United States -- Army
- Texas Annexation to the United States
- United States History Campaigns--War of 1812
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837
- Generals -- United States -- 19th century
- Horseshoe Bend, Battle of, Ala., 1814
- Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- Southern States
- Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- Southwest, Old
- New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815
- Presidents -- United States -- 19th century
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828
- Real estate investment -- Tennessee -- 19th century
- Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818
- Slaveholders -- Tennessee -- 19th century
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Land grants
- Muster rolls
- Reports
- Returns (Military)
Citation/Reference
NUCMC MS 62-1164.