Sarah Yorke Jackson to Emma Y. Donelson discussing their families - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00496.034
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1845
Title	Sarah Yorke Jackson to Emma Y. Donelson discussing their families
Date	17 May 1845
Author	Jackson, Sarah Yorke (1805-1887)
Recipient	Donelson, Emma Yorke
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Addressed "My dear sister." Includes updates on mutual friends and family. Andrew Jackson adopted his wife's nephew and named him Andrew Jackson, Jr. Sarah Yorke, his wife, was the president's daughter-in-law. Emma Yorke Farquhar Donelson married Jackson's nephew Thomas Jefferson Donelson, Andrew Jackson, Jr.'s twin brother.
Subjects	President Women's History Children and Family
People	Jackson, Sarah Yorke (1805-1887) Donelson, Emma Yorke (fl. 1837-1845) Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Jackson, Andrew (1808-1865) Donelson, Andrew Jackson (1799-1871)
Place written	Hermitage, Tennessee
Theme	Women in American History; Children & Family; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide [excerpt] We are all in excellent health but My dear Father he still continues about the same as when I last wrote , excepting a very troublesome diarrhea, which produces at times violent pain, he is still able to sit [2] up part of the day, but is very feeble, and very much changed.