Andrew Jackson ALS as President, March 1830

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Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845). President of the United States (1829-1837). ALS, 2pp, [Washington], March 12, 1830. Signed Andrew Jackson. To "Mr. Ingham, Sec. of the Treasury." Requesting the defence submitted in the case of Mr. Brackenridge, District Attorney for Western PA.

Samuel Delucenna Ingham (1779-1860) served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, then the US House representing Pennsylvania. Jackson appointed him Secretary of the Treasury in 1829, a position he would hold for just over two years. Ingham would disagree with Jackson over the Second Bank of the United States, which Ingham supported and Jackson deemed unconstitutional. Although he was never able to bring Jackson around to supporting the US Bank, Ingham would end up resigning over a totally different issue (the so-called "Petticoat Affair").

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) won national acclaim as the "Hero of New Orleans," which battle effectively ended the War of 1812. A decade later, this and his victories during the Creek and Seminole Wars, propelled him to the Presidency (1829-1837). Jackson favored keeping power in the hands of the ordinary voters, and out of the hands of the elites. Jacksonian democracy dominated the second quarter of the 19th century. Jackson also favored geographic expansion ("Manifest Destiny" - although that term would not come into use until after Jackson's death), which in its broadest definition would also lead to the Indian Removal act of 1830, forcing eastern tribes into lands west of the Mississippi River, opening the eastern lands to Euro-American expansion.

Condition

A few areas of staining, especially where the wax seal was. There is a tape repair along an original fold. A small strip of paper is along the left edge from earlier mounting. Discoloration of the address leaf.
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