The acquisition, restoration, and care of the home of General Andrew Jackson by the Ladies Hermitage Association for over a quarter of a century.

Excerpt from Preservation of the Hermitage, 1889-1915: Annals, History, and Stories While serving as senator at Philadelphia, then the seat of government, he sold some of his wild acres of Tennessee land to one David Allison. Notes instead of currency were paid for the land; and Andrew Jackson bought a stock of merchandise suitable for the needs of the frontier and gave the notes in payment. David Allison failed in the panic of 1793, and the merchant of whom Andrew Jackson bought the goods came back to him for the money. When Jackson was notified that he was to meet an indebtedness of nearly seven thousand dollars it staggered him, for there was nothing so scarce at that time in Tennessee as currency, barter taking its place. Andrew Jackson owned at that time more than fifty thousand acres of wild Tennessee land and a comfortable home, much better than any of his neighbors, at Hunter's Hill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...Treasurer; Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Mrs. Maggie L Hicks, Mrs. R. A. Henry, Miss Carrie Sims. Two meetings each month are held--the directors' meeting, when all the business is transacted, and the general meeting, which is largely social. The present Board of Trustees are: Gen. J. W. Lewis, Paris, Tenn., President; Mr. Percy Warner, Nashville, Term., Secretary; Col. A. M. Shook, Nashville, Tenn.; Hon. John W. Gaines, Nashville, Tenn.; Gen. John A. Fite, Lebanon, Tenn.; Ex-Senator James B. Frazier, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Hon. Samuel G. Heiskell, Knoxville, Tenn.; Mr. Lewis R. Donelson, Memphis, Tenn.; Mr. John M. Gray, Nashville, Tenn. It will always seem a most wonderful and marvelous thing that the Legislature of a great State should have seen so much of promise, a long time ago, in the efforts of a few patriotic women organized, it is true, but at best a very small band to put into their hands so great a trust. It was well that the act was hedged about with provisos and regulations in case the Ladies' Hermitage Association "failed" or "refused" to carry out the trust. It would seem that the Providence that overrules all things had exercised a special care over the Hermitage. Circumstances strange and inscrutable had preserved it through a long stretch of years until the memorial association idea had time to be conceived and to grow and become a possibility. Another decade such as had passed, and rescue would have been almost impossible, for the relics would. have been scattered and the old Hermitage destroyed, utterly obliterated. It seemed as if all the circumstances of years had worked together for good to the home of Andrew Jackson, preserving it so that it might ever be a monument to him and an object lesson to the...

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