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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04675.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1829 |
| Title | Andrew Jackson to Edward G. W. Butler declining an invitation |
| Date | 12 February 1829 |
| Author | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
| Recipient | Butler, Edward George Washington |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written before his inauguration, Jackson declines an invitation which his "public duties will not now allow me to indulge." Instead he must find his relief in the "activity and importance of the situation to which the country has called me." Recipient's docket on the address leaf notes "His duties will not allow him to visit Woodlawn." |
| Subjects | President Inauguration Government and Civics Entertaining and Hospitality |
| People | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Butler, Edward George Washington (1800-1888) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |