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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Letter from Andrew Jackson to an unidentified “sir” - Page 1. August 7, 1836. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 22, 2022. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/earlytex/item/83/show/72.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (August 7, 1836). Letter from Andrew Jackson to an unidentified “sir” - Page 1. Early Texas Documents. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/earlytex/item/83/show/72

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Letter from Andrew Jackson to an unidentified “sir” - Page 1, August 7, 1836, Early Texas Documents, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed May 22, 2022, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/earlytex/item/83/show/72.

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Title	Letter from Andrew Jackson to an unidentified “sir”
Creator (LCNAF)	Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Date	August 7, 1836
Description	Letter from Andrew Jackson to an unidentified “sir” stating that sending 10,000 volunteers to Texas would violate the neutrality and respect to the contest of Texas.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836 Texas--History--To 1846 Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Hermitage, Texas
Genre (AAT)	letters (correspondence) correspondence
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Location	ID 1973-001, Box 1, Folder 141
Original Collection	Early Texas Documents Collection
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd
Transcript	Hermitage August 7th 1836 Sir, I reached home on the evening of the Lith and was soon surrounded with the papers and letters which had been sent here in anticipation of my arrival. Amongst other important natters which immediately engaged my attention was the requisition of Genl Gaines on Tennesse, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana. Believing that the reasons given for this requisition were not consistent with the neutrality which it is our duty to observe in respect to the contest in Texas, and that it would embarrass the appointment which had been made of the 10,000 volunteers authorised by the recent (page 2) act of Congress, I informed Governor Cannon by letter on the 5th instant, that it could not receive my sanction. The volunteers authorised by Congress were thought competent with the aid of the regular force to terminate the Indian War in the South, and protect our western frontier: and they were the ttfSt calculated apportioned in a manner/to secure these objects. Agreeably

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