Andrew Jackson to Susan Decatur rejecting her request to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00762
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1831
Title	Andrew Jackson to Susan Decatur rejecting her request to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position
Date	24 June 1831
Author	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Recipient	Decatur, Susan
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Rejects her request and dismisses her complaints firmly but politely. Decatur had asked the President to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position. He refuses to do so, saying he needs the best man to do the job.
Subjects	Office Seeker Women's History President Government and Civics Navy
People	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Decatur, Susan (1776-1860)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Government & Politics; Women in American History; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Susan Decatur was the widow of Stephen Decatur, a naval hero of the War of 1812 and friend of Jackson's.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide "it is very mortifying you know, for old & [competent] clerks to be [overstand?] by placing young & inexperienced Gentlemen over them, however talented they may be."