Andrew Jackson (91 page)

“the said Andrew Jackson”: Jackson affidavit, February 29, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:286–89.

“A. Jackson amount of proportion”: Entry from Bank of Nashville account book,
PAJ
, 2:262n1.

promissory notes: May 18, 1811,
PAJ
, 2:262–63n1; Jackson to arbitrator, February 29, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:286–89.

But no bill . . . appears in the state records: Headnote to account with Bedford,
PAJ
, 2:218.

“I arrived at his house . . . not do that”: Benton,
Thirty Years’ View
, 1:737.

13. N
OR
I
NFAMY
U
PON
U
S

“I cannot make out a statement . . . accounts are mentioned”: Jackson to Francis Preston, May 3, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:243–44.

“I find it impossible . . . tone of thought”: Jackson to Jenkin Whiteside, February 10, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:233–34.

“There is no business . . . during his pleasure”: Caffery to Jackson, May 20, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:246.

“The people in this country”: Caffery to Jackson, June 10, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:249.

“If you have never visited”: Walter Overton to Jackson, September 26, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:253.

“I am well aware”: Jackson to Jenkin Whiteside, February 10, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:233–34.

“The only two converts”: Sampson Williams to Jackson, April 25, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:195.

“The present Congress . . . amusement or business”: Jackson to Jenkin Whiteside, February 10, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:233–34.

“No man in the nation . . . at your feet”: Clay speech of February 22, 1810 (he was still in the Senate at this point),
Papers of Clay
, 1:449–50.

“Your Committee . . . appeal to arms”: Calhoun report for Committee on Foreign Relations, June 3, 1812,
Papers of Calhoun
, 1:121–22.

“with anxious expectation . . . nobly in the cause”: Jackson to brigadier generals, December 19, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:203.

“If he knows his duty”: Jackson to Winchester, March 15, 1809,
PAJ
, 2:214.

“Our independence and liberty . . . an invading foe”: Jackson to Blount, February 15, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:236–38.

“If the trumpet of hell”: Anderson to Jackson, November 17, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:255.

“My friend, Patton Anderson”: Parton, 1:344.

“He was then a remarkable man . . . our intimacy began”: Benton,
Thirty Years’ View
, 1:736.

“I have always been resolved . . . by your approbation”: Benton to Jackson, January 30, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:280.

“The clouds of war”: Jackson to William Eustis, May 10, 1811,
PAJ
, 2:261.

“The Rubicon is passed”: Grundy to Jackson, November 28, 1811,
PAJ
, 2:271.

“Citizens! . . . a foreign tyrant”: Jackson to the Second Division, March 7, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:290–92.

14. N
ATIVE
G
ENIUS

“The implicit obedience . . . to war against us”: Harrison to William Eustis, August 7, 1811,
Letters of Harrison
, 1:547–48.

“My children”: Sugden, 118–19.

“I concluded that . . . he was a visionary”: Jefferson to John Adams, April 20, 1812, Jefferson papers.

“One of the finest looking men”: George Floyd to wife, August 14, 1810, Sugden, 198.

“You, Father, have nourished us”: Tecumseh speech in Elliott to Claus, November 16–18, 1810, ibid., 213.

“Do not think that the red coats . . . on the Wabash”: Harrison to the Prophet, July 19, 1810,
Letters of Harrison
, 1:447–48.

“the great man of the party”: Harrison to William Eustis, August 22, 1810, ibid., 1:460.

“They gave us many presents . . . in killing them”: Tecumseh speech of August 20, 1810, attached to Harrison to Eustis, August 22, 1810, ibid., 1:464–66.

“with great vehemence and anger” . . . called the governor a liar: Harrison to Eustis, August 22, 1810, ibid., 1:468.

“As the Great Chief”: Sugden, 202.

“There can remain no doubt . . . we cannot fight”: Jackson to Jefferson, April 20, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:191–92.

“In all probability . . . to court danger”: Jackson to Jefferson, May 14, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:196–97.

“I am willing to act justly . . . ten-fold the expense”: Blount to Jackson, December 28, 1809,
PAJ
, 2:226–27.

“My heart bleeds . . . for the balance”: Jackson to Blount, June 4, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:300–02. This is a draft; the letter Jackson sent differs slightly. The draft includes material Jackson apparently communicated to Blount in other letters, which is why it is used here.

“I shall wait no longer . . . and the captors”: Jackson to Blount, July 3, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:307–08.

“The Massacre at the Mouth . . .
the Creek nation?
”: From the
Democratic Clarion
, July 8, 1812, reprinted in
PAJ
, 2:310–11. Jackson didn’t sign this piece, but its peroration, combined with his known impatience with Washington, made a signature superfluous.

15. O
LD
H
ICKORY

“British cruisers have been . . . shocking to humanity”: Madison message to Congress, June 1, 1812,
Papers of Madison
(Presidential Series), 4:432–36.

Yet the vote wasn’t nearly unanimous: Roger Brown, 45.

“Before we march . . .
not my son
”: Ibid.

“I have no reason to doubt”: Harrison to William Eustis, October 6, 1811,
Letters of Harrison
, 1:595.

“Our killed and wounded”: Harrison to Eustis, November 8, 1811, ibid., 1:615.

The Indian losses were considerably fewer: See, for example, Elliott to Brock, January 12, 1812, ibid., 1:616–18. Also Sugden, 235–36.

“Opened the northern hive of Indians . . . women and children?”: Hickey, 83–84.

according to an eyewitness: Ibid., 84.

“The disaster of the northwestern army”: Jackson to the Second Division, September 8, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:320.

“Every man of the western country . . . of the Republic”: Jackson to Tennessee volunteers, November 14, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:341.

Jackson ordered the cavalry to report: Jackson to Tennessee volunteers, November 24, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:342.

“The success of military men”: Jackson to Alpha Kingsley, December 23, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:345–46.

“I shall wear it near my bosom . . . for his papa”: Jackson to Rachel, January 8, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:353–54.

“We had an extreme hard frost . . . we met with”: Entries for January 11, 25, 29, and 30, and February 2, 3, and 16, 1813, “Journal of the Trip Down the Mississippi.”

“If it is in my power”: Wilkinson to Jackson, January 22, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:358–59.

“the substance of which . . . indolence creates disquiet”: Jackson to Wilkinson, February 16, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:365.

“The causes for embodying . . . of the United States”: John Armstrong to Jackson, February 6, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:361. This message mistakenly carried the date January 5, causing Jackson to believe it was even slower to arrive than it really was.

“Those that could escape . . . agents of Government”: Jackson to Armstrong, March 15, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:383–85.

“must have been drunk . . . stick by them”: Jackson to Grundy, March 15, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:385–86.

“He knows that if you had met . . . honors of war”: Jackson to Tennessee volunteers, March 16, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:390–92.

“I dare not incur”: Wilkinson to Jackson, March 20, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:393.

“provide the means for their support”: Jackson to Wilkinson, March 22, 1813,
CAJ
, 1:299.

“Long will the General live . . . Jackson has them”:
Nashville Whig
, no date given, Parton, 1:384.

16. S
HARP
K
NIFE

“You conducted it . . . approve his course”: Benton to Jackson, July 25, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:414.

At this point the story becomes confused: The account here of the Nashville fight comes primarily from Parton, 1:391–97, and Benton to the public, September 10, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:425–27.

“I am literally in hell here . . . is in danger”: Benton quoted in Parton, 1:395.

“I have heard many great orators . . . earth shall shake”: Sam Dale quoted in Griffith, 102–04.

“Every Indian was provided . . . every solitary one”: Thomas Holmes quoted in ibid., 109–10.

“Indians, negroes, white men . . . with dead bodies”: Major Kennedy quoted in Parton, 1:418.

“Brave Tennesseans! . . . command in person”: Jackson to Tennessee Volunteers, September 24, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:428–29.

“My health is good”: Jackson to Rachel Jackson, October 11, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:436.

“I wish you to receive . . . or deer’s tails”: Jackson to Coffee, October 7, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:435–36.

“I have spies out constantly”: Pathkiller to Jackson, October 22, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:439–40.

“We are now within twenty miles”: Jackson to Blount, October 28, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:442–43.

“I yesterday sent out . . . honor to the government”: Ibid.

“What I dread”: Jackson to Thomas Flournoy, October 24, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:441.

“He has executed this order . . . the age of Theodore”: Jackson to Rachel Jackson, November 4, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:444.

“At sunrise we came . . . formed of them”: Jackson to Willie Blount, November 11, 1813, Jackson papers, Library of Congress.

“We were out of provisions . . . of the men”: Jackson to Rachel Jackson, November 12, 1813,
PAJ
, 2:448–49.

“It is with extreme pain . . . into the settlements”: Jackson to Blount, November 14, 1813,
CAJ
, 1:345.