Interesting third-person ALS, signed within the text “the president,” one page, 4.75 x 8, January 29, 1832. Jackson writes to Amos Kendall, in full: “Will Mr. Kendal [sic] be good enough to inform the president, whether he gave him for perusal the confidential report of Mr. Irwin [sic], late Minister to Madrid, on the subject of his negotiation with Spain for the delivery of the Trovedas & the boundary of Louisiana—I cannot find it where I kept it, and if he has not given it to you or Major Bony for perusal it has been clandestinely taken out of my Bureau. Please inform me if you have it, & if you have, please return by the first safe hand.” Kendall has made a notation at the bottom of the letter, “I certify that the foregoing note is in the handwriting of General Andrew Jackson, May 6, 1864, Amos Kendall.” Reverse of the second integral pages addressed in Jackson’s hand, “(Private) Amos Kendall Esqr., Auditor.” In fine condition.
In January of 1832, Jackson applied to US Minister to Spain George W. Erving (referred to here as Irwin) for a new statement regarding the latter’s negotiations of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1818. Eager to accelerate the expansion of Southern states, Jackson sought to verify Spain’s original offer of ceding Florida with a proposed boundary line extending to Colorado—the mysterious Rio Grande Treaty—far beyond the agreed upon delineation of the Sabine River. Unable to locate the original report, Jackson forwarded an exact copy to Erving, suggesting he use the purported facsimile as reference; Congress later dismissed the subsequent Erving Affadivit of 1832, with John Quincy Adams condemning it as a counterfeit. An interesting letter related to Jackson’s relentless drive for expansion. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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