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Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, New Orleans, La., to Marie-Francoise Gerard Favrot, Baton Rouge, La.
title
Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, New Orleans, La., to Marie-Francoise Gerard Favrot, Baton Rouge, La.
Subject
United States, History, War of 1812, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Favrot, Marie-Francoise Gerard, Correspondence, Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Tennessee, Militia, Kentucky, Militia, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Packenham, Sir Edward, Prisoners of war
Date created ms
1815-01-21, 1815-02-23
Abstract
Pierre-Joseph recounts his dealings with the British and assures his wife that he is well. He also writes of a celebration in honor of General Jackson and some British prisoners of war.
Letter, [Private William B.] Fort, New Orleans, La., to "Dear Father" [Major Abraham Fort], Poughkeepsie, State of New-York
title
Letter, [Private William B.] Fort, New Orleans, La., to "Dear Father" [Major Abraham Fort], Poughkeepsie, State of New-York
Subject
United States, History, War of 1812, Personal narratives, American, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Soldiers, Tennessee, Chalmette, Battle of, Chalmette, La., 1815, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815
Date created ms
1815-02-24
Abstract
Private William Fort of the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry writes to his father, giving a first-hand account of the battle outside New Orleans 1814 December 23 ("the smoke became so think that we at last friend & foe got jumbled together") and the Battle at Chalmette, 1814 January 8, and reflects on subsequent events, including the peace treaty (they have had news of it from the British, but General Jackson awaits it from the U.S. government, in case it is a British attempt at deception), and the wait for news that the British have left Pensacola.
Letter, Brigadier General John Coffee, [Commanding Tennessee Mounted Gunmen], Tallushatche Town, [Fla.] to Major General [Andrew] Jackson
title
Letter, Brigadier General John Coffee, [Commanding Tennessee Mounted Gunmen], Tallushatche Town, [Fla.] to Major General [Andrew] Jackson
Subject
United States, History, War of 1812, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, 1789-1869, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Correspondence, Tallahatchie County (Miss.), History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1813
Abstract
Battlefield report of the engagement with the Creek Indians at Tallushatche Town reporting the destruction of the enemy. Jackson's endorsement requests Maj. John Bradley, Fort Deposit, forward the communication to Maj. John Reid. Signed: Jno. Coffee Genl. Brigdr.
Abstract of provisions issued from the 6th of November 1813 to the tenth of March 1814 inclusive to the Troops in the Service of the United States under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson on the South side of the Tennessee River and under the Con
title
Abstract of provisions issued from the 6th of November 1813 to the tenth of March 1814 inclusive to the Troops in the Service of the United States under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson on the South side of the Tennessee River and under the Contract of Ward & Taylor, Kentucky
Subject
United States, History, War of 1812, Equipment & supplies, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Spies
Date created ms
1813-12-06, 1814-03-10
Abstract
For provisions for Captain John Gordon's Company of Spies. Lists dates of returns, number of men, number of days [included in return], and amounts of flour, meat, whisky [sic], soap, and salt. Endorsement to pay for provisions by Andrew Jackson.
Note documenting payment to George Farragut as a spy for the United States
title
Note documenting payment to George Farragut as a spy for the United States
Subject
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Farragut, George, 1755-1817, Spies, Mobile (Ala.), History, War of 1812, Spying
Date created ms
1815-02-15
Abstract
Farragut acted as a spy on the coast from 1814 December 15 to 1815 February 15. Payment was authorized by Brigadier General James Winchester. Major General Andrew Jackson ordered Brigadier General Winchester to take charge of all troops at Mobile, Mississippi Territory, upon his release from captivity by the British.
Major General Andrew Jackson
title
Major General Andrew Jackson
Subject
Engravings, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Portraits, Generals, American, 1810-1820, Military uniforms, United States, 1810-1820
Date created ms
1819
Abstract
Waist-length portrait of Major General Andrew Jackson in military uniform with general's epaulets. He is shown in near three-quarter view facing left.
Defeat of the British Army 12000 strong under the Command of Sir Edward Packehnam [sic] in the attack of the American Lines defended by 3,600 Militia commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson January 8th 1815 on Chalmette plain five miles below New Orlean
title
Defeat of the British Army 12000 strong under the Command of Sir Edward Packehnam [sic] in the attack of the American Lines defended by 3,600 Militia commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson January 8th 1815 on Chalmette plain five miles below New Orleans on the left bank of the Mississippi
Subject
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, United States, History, War of 1812, Battlefields, Chalmette Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (La.), Bird's-eye view prints, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Packenham, Sir Edward
Date created ms
1950
Abstract
Reproduction of an original image drawn on the field of battle and painted by Jean Hyacinthe Laclotte, an architect and assistant engineer in the Louisiana Militia. Laclotte presents a bird's-eye view of battle scene from Mississippi River edge (currently Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery), with American and British troops, and Macarty's plantation, gardens, and grounds at left. Laclotte's view is considered to be the most accurate representation of the Battle of New Orleans. This edition includes number key to the following: Jackson's Head Quarters, American Lines, Mississipi [sic] River, British Troops, Cypriss [sic] Swamps, British Batteries. Title information given in English and French. See THNOC acc. no. 1950.58.16i-iii and others for further key to print including identification of figures Major General Andrew Jackson and General in Chief Sir Edward Packenham.
Letter, John Rhea, Sullivan Courthouse, to Major General Andrew Jackson
title
Letter, John Rhea, Sullivan Courthouse, to Major General Andrew Jackson
Subject
Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Correspondence, United States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1815-08-23
Abstract
Rhea discusses the possibility of succeeding Joseph Anderson as senator from Tennessee. Also mentions newspaper accounts of the allied posers' operation against France and James Carither's report of Jackson's good health in Nashville after leaving New Orleans.
Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
title
Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Packenham, Sir Edward, Soldiers, British, Coffins, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, United States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
Anti-Andrew Jackson broadside, circulated during the 1828 presidential campaign. Features black coffins to represent British soldiers who died.
Andrew Jackson monument
title
Andrew Jackson monument
Subject
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Monuments, Louisiana, New Orleans, Monuments & memorials, Louisiana, New Orleans, Jackson Square (New Orleans, La.), Sculpture, Men, Clothing & dress
Date created ms
1890
Abstract
Photograph of the monument, Jackson Square, New Orleans. An inscription was added to the monument by General Butler in 1862, "The Union must and shall be preserved." Men walking around monument.
Andrew Jackson
title
Andrew Jackson
Subject
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Portraits, Presidents, United States, Oil paintings, Tents, Cannons, Clothing & dress
Date created ms
1830
Abstract
Portrait of Jackson. Tents sit in a field in the background.
Mournful Tragedy or, The Death of Jacob Webb, David Morrow, John Harris, Henry Lewis, David Hunt, and Edward Lindsay, Six Militia Men who were condemned to die, the sentence approved by Major General Jackson, and by his order the whole six shot.
title
Mournful Tragedy or, The Death of Jacob Webb, David Morrow, John Harris, Henry Lewis, David Hunt, and Edward Lindsay, Six Militia Men who were condemned to die, the sentence approved by Major General Jackson, and by his order the whole six shot.
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Coffins, Military deserters, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, United States, History, War of 1812, Poetry
Date created ms
1828-07
Abstract
Coffin broadside. At the top of the page, title is interspersed with six coffins, without initials, names, or text in the coffins. Beneath this, in two columns of typeset text, is a poem describing the deaths and emphasizing a prayer for mercy by John Harris. A footnote at the bottom of the page gives a brief biography of Harris, who was a preacher, and describes one of his many sons, also in the army, returning home with news of his father's execution. Printed in Boston, July 1828.
Monumental Inscriptions!
title
Monumental Inscriptions!
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Coffins, Military deserters, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, United States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
This so-called "coffin broadside" was printed during the 1828 Presidential campaign. It tells voters that candidate Andrew Jackson is unfit for the office of President, having "illegally and wantonly shed the blood of his countrymen and fellow soldiers" by ordering six militiamen executed on 1815 Feb. 21 after a military trial in which they were convicted after leaving camp to return home, although their tours of duty were not up. The soldiers memorialized are: Edward Lindsey, Henry Lewis, David Morrow, Jacob Webb, John Harris, and David Hunt. The broadside stresses that they realized their error, returned to camp voluntarily, and offered to resume their service. Below the coffins is an anonymous poem, "Mournful Tragedy". It is believed this was the first coffin broadside to be issued. The publisher was John Binns, editor and publisher of the Democratic Press in Philadelphia.
Brief Account of the Execution Of the Six Militia Men.
title
Brief Account of the Execution Of the Six Militia Men.
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Coffins, Military deserters, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, United States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
"Coffin" broadside or handbill used by those who opposed Andrew Jackson and supported John Quincy Adams in the 1828 US Presidential election. This broadside was printed as an addition to the Democratic Press newspaper, Philadelphia, John Binns, publisher.
Letter, Philogene Favrot, Nashville, Tenn., to Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La.
title
Letter, Philogene Favrot, Nashville, Tenn., to Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La.
Subject
Favrot, Pierre-Joseph, 1749-1824, Correspondence, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Relations with Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, 1789-1869, Indians of North America, Wars, 1750-1815, Soldiers, United States, Correspondence
Date created ms
1813-11-22
Abstract
Philogene Favrot tells his father of a battle with the indians and of his life in general.
Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
title
Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Packenham, Sir Edward, Soldiers, British, Coffins, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, United States, History, War of 1812
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
Beneath the title are 184 black coffins of varying sizes, and in the center of the page is a coffin-shaped cartouche containing the text titled "Sacred to the Memory of Sir E. Packenham and 2500 Officers and Soldiers of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, who, on the Eighth of January, 1815, were condemned without even the benefits of a Drum Head Court Martial, and cruelly shot to death, by Andrew Jackson, A Sanguinary Military Chieftain". The rest of the text satirizes the "coffin broadsides" printed by supporters of John Quincy Adams in the presidential election of 1828. It accuses Jackson of killing those who had come to teach Americans "the blessings of a monarchy", and describes the Battle of New Orleans in the same sort of lurid language used in the coffin broadsides by Jackson's opponents. The entire text and illustrations are surrounded by a black mourning border.
Is Jackson fit to be President? / Read what follows, and judge ye!
title
Is Jackson fit to be President? / Read what follows, and judge ye!
Subject
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, United States, History, War of 1812, Handbills, 1820-1830
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
Handbill printed by Andrew Jackson's opponents in the 1828 presidential election against John Quincy Adams that tells the story of Andrew Jackson's brawl with Thomas Hart Benton and others in Nashville, asking if the political opponents of "the principal actor in this bloody outrage" would be safe if elected president. The handbill includes a letter Benton wrote 1813 Sept .10 accusing Jackson of starting the fight by drawing a gun while Benton was unarmed, and gives an account of the subsequent fight. The handbill's editor adds a brief footnote reminding the reader that Benton is now a Senator from Missouri, and that "he is in league with Van Buren & Co. to elevate this same Jackson to the Presidency;" this footnote also accuses Jackson of planning "military rule."
Facts Concerning the Six Militia Men and General Jackson
title
Facts Concerning the Six Militia Men and General Jackson
Subject
Broadsides, 1820-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Monroe, James, 1758-1831, Blount, Willie, 1768-1835, Harris, William, 1792-1861, Presidents, Election, 1828, United States, Politics and government, 1825-1829, Sources, United States, History, War of 1812, United States. War Dept
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
This broadside tells the story of the six militia men (John Harris, John Webb, David Morrow, Henry Lewis, David Hunt, and Edward Lindsay, all of the Tennessee Militia), making liberal use of official documents of the War Department in a way prejudicial to Jackson. Among the documents quoted are Army General Orders; extracts from the trials; correspondence of Secretary of War James Monroe, Gov. [Willie] Blount, General Andrew Jackson, William Harris (son of John Harris), and others. It ends with a summary of points made in the general text, and a call not to vote for Jackson as being unfit for the office of President.
Pass from Edw[ard] L. Livingston for mule driver Preval; with later print "Battle of New Orleans, January 8th 1815, Engraved Expressly for Abbotts Lives of the Presidents."
title
Pass from Edw[ard] L. Livingston for mule driver Preval; with later print "Battle of New Orleans, January 8th 1815, Engraved Expressly for Abbotts Lives of the Presidents."
Subject
Louisiana, History, War of 1812, United States, History, War of 1812, New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Battlefields, Engravings, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Portraits, Flags
Date created ms
1815-01-01
Abstract
Livingston was an aide-de-camp for Jackson. The pass gives mule driver Preval, [1st Division Louisiana Militia, 7th Regiment] permission to pass through the American lines in going to town [New Orleans] and back. Signed: Edw. Livingston, ADC. The print, by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston, shows an exterior battle scene of the Battle of New Orleans, showing the American battle line and soldiers firing on advancing British troops. Also shown: United States flag, fires burning, and in background, sailing ships on the Mississippi River. At right, Major General Andrew Jackson is on horseback with hat held high in his right hand. From the book Lives of the Presidents by John S. C. Abbott, published by B.B. Russell & Co., [1867?]. Inscriptions in support of print: Drawn by H. Billings; Boston-- B.B. Russell & Co.; Engd. by D. Pelton; Battle of New Orleans./ January 8th 1815/ Engraved Expressly for Abbotts Lives of the Presidents.
Claim of Edward D. Hobbs [Keeper of the Nashville Public Jail] for taking charge of 33 [Creek] Indian prisoners sent by Major General Andrew Jackson for safe keeping
title
Claim of Edward D. Hobbs [Keeper of the Nashville Public Jail] for taking charge of 33 [Creek] Indian prisoners sent by Major General Andrew Jackson for safe keeping
Subject
United States, History, War of 1812, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, 1789-1869, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Nashville (Tenn.), History, War of 1812, Prisoners, McNairy, John, Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816, Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Date created ms
1814-09-27
Abstract
Claim includes an accounting of how many prisoners were sent, on which days they were sent, and when they left. Sworn before and attested to by John McNairy, District Judge of Tennessee's Superior Court; signed: John McNairy, District Judge. Endorsed by Tobias Lear, Department of War Accounting Office on 1814 Dec. 23 and by James Monroe, Secretary of War on 1815 Feb. 27; signed: Tobias Lear and Ja[me]s. Monroe. Edward Hobbs acknowledges receipt of funds on 1815 May 18.

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