RR Autograph Auction Andrew Jackson Letter to General John Coffee

Jackson criticizes the debate over slavery in congress, writing “the Misouri question has occupied all their attention, of late, at length is determined in the Senate by a great majority against the instructions”

ALS, one page, 7.5 x 11.5, February 23, 1820. Letter to General John Coffee. In part: “I have recd a letter from Mr. James Jackson advising me that you had been very much indisposed but had recovered your health, you must be more carefull than heretofore, your constitution, much like mine…exposure - we must content ourselves with things as they are, wind up our worldly concerns, & take care of our health.

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