This is a letter from John C. McLemore to John Overton, dated April 13, 1823. McLemore is describing a preferred travel route for a man named Lewis to take to Memphis. McLemore thinks he should go by land and is willing to loan him a horse.
This is a letter dated April 15, 1823 from James Winchester in Cairo, Tennessee to John Overton in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a brief, one-sided letter, and its subject matter is not completely clear. Winchester mentions opposition to Memphis in an unknown matter, and developing strategy for court.
This is a letter from General James Winchester to the Honorable John Overton, April 20, 1823. Winchester is writing to discuss the court situation in Memphis. They, along with Andrew Jackson, are the founders of Memphis. Winchester lists the ways to establish a court in Tennessee.
This is a letter from Judge John Overton to General James Winchester, dated April 4, 1823. The subject is Memphis, which was founded by Overton, Winchester, and General Andrew Jackson. Overton is concerned about the future of Memphis. Apparently, some in the Legislature want to take Memphis' court house away. Overton believes that this would be harmful to its success.
This is a letter dated April 13, 1821 from Charles McClung in Knox County, Tennessee to John Overton near Nashville. The main purpose of the letter is relate his opinion on land acquisition, price appraisal, and use of the land along the Mississippi river.
This is a letter dated April 16, 1818 from Governor Joseph McMinn in Knoxville, Tennessee to Judge John Overton in Nashville, Tennessee. In the letter, McMinn states that he is preparing to set out for the Cherokee agency on request of the president to supervise the removal of the Cherokee Indians to West of the Mississippi river.
The story of Andrew Jackson's improbable ascent to the White House, centered on the handlers and propagandists who made it possible Andrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute battle at New Orleans in early 1815. Yet those in his immediate circle believed he was a great man who should be president of the United States. Jackson's election in 1828 is usually viewed as a result of the expansion of democracy. Historians David and Jeanne Heidler argue that he actually owed his victory to his closest supporters, who wrote hagiographies of him, founded newspapers to savage his enemies, and built a political network that was always on message. In transforming a difficult man into a paragon of republican virtue, the Jacksonites exploded the old order and created a mode of electioneering that has been mimicked ever since.