Interesting third-person ALS, signed in 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, 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.” At the bottom of the letter, Kendall has made a notation: “I certify that the foregoing note is in the handwriting of General Andrew Jackson, May 6, 1864, Amos Kendall.” The integral leaf bears the address panel in Jackson’s hand, marked “(Private) Amos Kendell Esqr., Auditor.” Light intersecting folds (vertical fold directly under “president”), and some slight soiling to top left corner, otherwise fine condition.
As both countries competed for territory in the New World in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Spanish–American relations grew increasingly contentious. After a series of imprecise treaties failed to explicitly define the Louisiana Territory, disagreements over borders and territorial rights immediately flared when the US made the Louisiana Purchase. Jackson’s own involvement in these pivotal land transactions began in 1819, when he was appointed by Monroe as the first provisional Governor of Florida following a treaty with Spain the same year (granting Florida to the US, settling a boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Texas, and setting terms for American territory through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific). Disputes continued into and well beyond Jackson’s presidency, with America’s westward expansion and independence movements in Latin America and Texas constantly reigniting the issue. An interesting letter to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, one of the most influential members of Jackson’s ‘Kitchen Cabinet,’ trying to locate a confidential report regarding negotiations on the highly important topic. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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