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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03317
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1838
Title	Andrew Jackson to unknown regarding the movements of some former slaves
Date	25 January 1838
Author	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Encloses a letter (not included) from "an old woman, who with the rest of his negroes, was liberated by Mr. Alexander Donelson." Notes that the entire family, with the exception of the woman and her husband, left for Liberia. Her son and daughter, John and Celia, have lost their children since their arrival at Liberia, and the woman has not heard from any of her other relatives. Requests the recipient to give the enclosed letter to the Secretary of the Colonization Society in Washington, D.C. for delivery to the old woman's family.
Subjects	African American History Women's History Colonization Emancipation Slavery Africa Children and Family Immigration and Migration Global History and Civics President Manumission
People	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Lewis, William Berkeley (1784-1866) Donelson, Alexander (fl. 1838)
Place written	Hermitage, Tennessee
Theme	Slavery & Abolition; Children & Family; African Americans; Foreign Affairs; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Previous documentation and research concluded this may have been written to William B. Lewis. There is a letter from Jackson to Lewis 23 January 1838 (Morgan Library) with nearly the same content; this may be a misdated copy of that letter, or a similar letter to another major.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Hermitage 25th of January 1838 Dear Major, The enclosed letter is from an old woman, who with the rest of his negroes, was liberated by Mr Alexander Donelson all the family but herself and husband, have left for Liberia - Her son & daughter, John and Celia, have reached there and since their arrival have lost their three children the balance of the negroes fifteen or twenty in number, not heard from since they left, the old woman is anxious to send them a letter will you have the goodness to hand the enclosed to the Secretary of the Colonization Society in Washington with a request that he take charge of it, and have it sent to them. My Hous hold unites with me in kind regards Yours Andrew Jackson

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