The Reign of Andrew Jackson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 183 pages of information about The Reign of Andrew Jackson.

The Reign of Andrew Jackson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 183 pages of information about The Reign of Andrew Jackson.

Constitution, Adams for liberal construction, 99.
  amendment proposed, 105.
  questions in 1828, 143. 
  Webster-Hayne debate, 145-57.

Corn Tassel, Cherokee executed in Georgia, 212.

Cotton, influence of price on sentiment of South Carolina, 159.

Crawford, W.H., at Waxhaw settlement, 5.
  and Jackson, 62, 80.
  supported by Van Buren, 64.
  candidate for presidency, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 86.
  health fails, 83-84.
  supporters ally themselves to Jackson, 103.

Creek Indians, and Tecumseh, 25.
  massacre at Fort Mims, 31, 32.
  outbreak in South, 32-36, 52, 54-55.
  treaty with, 37-38.
  number, 203.
  location, 203.
  civilization, 203.
  dispossessed, 205-07, 214.
  see also Creek War, Seminole War.

Creek War, 32-38.

Cumberland River, Jackson’s army down the, 28.

Dale, Sam, and Jackson, 174.

Davie, W.R., Governor of North Carolina, 5.

Democratic party, and United States Bank, 195.
  convention (1835), 225.

Dickerson, Mahlon, of New Jersey, 148.

Dickinson, Charles, killed in duel by Jackson, 21.

Donelson, A.J., nephew and private secretary of Jackson, 114, 130.

Donelson, Mrs. A.J., mistress of White House, 114, 221.

Donelson, John,
  helps found Nashville, 12. 
  Jackson marries daughter of, 15.

Duane, W.J., Secretary of Treasury, 193-94.

Earl, R.E.W., artist engaged in painting portraits of Jackson, 114.

Eaton, J.H.,
  and Jackson, 7-8, 52, 73, 116, 130. 
  Secretary of War, 8, 117, 118, 208.

Eaton, Mrs. J.H., 88, 132-34.

Elections, Presidential, of 1824, 82-93,95-96.
  manner of selecting President an issue of 1824, 84.
  “corrupt bargain,” 89-92, 96.
  proposed amendment to Constitution providing direct, 105.
  campaign of 1828,106-10.
  of 1832, 187, 191.
  of 1836, 226-27.
  of 1840, 232.
  of 1844, 233.

England, frontiersman’s attitude toward, 25.
  see also War of 1812.

Everett, Edward, cited, 219.

Finance,
  national debt paid, 199. 
  Government funds in state banks, 199.
  independent treasury system, 199-200, 235.
  see also Bank, United States.  Tariff.

Florida and Jackson, 22, 27-28, 30-31, 39-40, 51-61. 
  Southwest longs for conquest of, 26.
  encourages Indian uprising, 32. 
  Spain and, 52, 53, 55-56, 61.
  controversy over Jackson’s expedition, 61-64. 
  United States treaty with Spain, 64.

Foote, S.A., of Connecticut, 144.

Force Bill, 177, 179.
  nullified by South Carolina convention, 180.

Forsyth, John, of Georgia, 149.

Fowltown, fight at, 54, 55.

Franklin, “Western District” tries to set up State of, 12.

Frelinghuysen, Theodore, of New Jersey, 148.

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