The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson
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About This Book
Advice to Andrew Jackson by His Mother In 1781 Andrew Jackson, then fourteen years of age, enlisted in the American Army; was captured and thrown into prison, where he had smallpox. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, through exchange, arranged for his release and nursed him back to health. Responding to an urgent appeal, she left him to go to Charleston to nurse some sick neighbors who were confined there on a British hospital ship. This errand of mercy cost her life. She caught yellow fever and died. Almost her last words to her young son were: Andrew, if I should not see you again...
Chapters (53)
- The Hermitage Home of General Andrew Jackson
- Advice to Andrew Jackson by His Mother
- Andrew Jackson
- Youth
- Early Career
- Military
- New Orleans
- The Judge Hall Fine
- Interim
- The President
- DOMESTIC
- An Appraisal of Jackson
- The Duel With Dickinson
- MRS. SARAH YORK JACKSON
- The HERMITAGE
- THE LADIES’ HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION
- ANDREW JACKSON CHRONOLOGY BY W. B. MARR
- The Carriage House
- The Museum
- THE MUSEUM
- SOUTH ROOM
- NORTH ROOM (MUSEUM)
- MANSION AND GROUNDS
- The Hall
- The Front Parlor
- Back Parlor
- General Jackson’s Bedroom
- Andrew Jackson, Jr.’s Bedroom
- Side Hall
- Office or Library
- The Nursery
- THE UPPER CHAMBERS
- Earl’s Room
- Little Rachel’s Room
- The Upper Hall
- Guest Room
- The Brides’ Room
- The Dining Room
- Kitchen
- The Old Smokehouse
- The Garden
- THE TOMB
- THE SARCOPHAGUS OFFER
- Uncle Alfred’s Cabin
- Old Carriage House From Hunter’s Hill
- The Log House by the Spring
- GENUINENESS OF THE RELICS
- OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LADIES’ HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION
- The Following Boards Have Had Control of the Association Since Its Organization
- Publications Sold By The Ladies’ Hermitage Association
- FOR YOUNG READERS
- Books and Pamphlets on Andrew Jackson IN THE STATE LIBRARY DIVISION OF TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
- FOR YOUNG READERS
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