The Hermitage, Home of Old Hickory

This memorandum of agreement between Andrew Jackson and Andrew J. Donelson of the one part and Graves Steele of the other part, both of the county of Davidson and State of Tenne...

Upon the whole, if Mr. Holtzclaw will hold out as he has begun I think he will make you a good crop, if he has a good stand of cotton and the season suits, and take very good ca...

When General Jackson in his letters spoke of returning to the Hermitage to cast a tear on the tomb of his departed wife it was no mere figure of speech. After his retirement fro...

A son of the notorious William G. (Parson) Brownlow, a rabid Whig and bitter anti-Jackson man, relates that on one occasion in 1845 a party of East Tennessee Whigs who had been...

Major Donelson ever stood high in the affections of Andrew Jackson, and when the old statesman made his will in 1843 he left to him the gorgeous gold-encrusted sword which had b...

Andrew and Sarah were back in the East early in 1833 to visit Jackson in the White House and Sarah's family in Philadelphia. In July they accompanied the President and his party...

After he grew too feeble to act as a guide he kept to his cabin, and though the ills of his accumulating years bore heavily on him he always enjoyed chatting with visitors who s...

It was the custom of the Hermitage household, when shipping the cotton crop to Captain White each year, to send along a list of groceries needed for the year. When sending this...

"To behold the hoary head and time-honored frame of one who fearlessly bared his breast to the shafts of the enemy of his country, both in time of peace as well as in war--to cl...

At any rate, we find in the old General's memorandum of his Mount Vernon trip the following reference: "A neat little flower garden, laid out and trimmed with the utmost exactne...

The business of the store was varied and extensive in its nature. Goods such as the settlers needed were brought on from the East, Philadelphia principally; and as the selling p...

Joining the church is not usually an intricate or difficult process, but in General Jackson's case an unexpected obstacle arose when Dr. Edgar (the minister in charge of the pro...

Andrew Johnson was governor of the state at this time and was the sponsor of the plan to tender the Hermitage mansion and grounds to the Federal government as a site for a branc...

One of history's shadowy figures who lived at the Hermitage for the better part of two years was Major Henry Lee of Virginia, scapegrace son of General Henry (Lighthorse Harry)...

He was to stay at home but a few months, it developed, but during that time he managed to disable himself by getting involved in an inexcusable knock-down-and-drag-out fight wit...

This third visit lasted only a few days, Colonel Burr hastening back to Kentucky; but in November Jackson, the merchant and boat-builder, received from him an order for the buil...

That Mrs. Jackson had designated the spot where the house should stand was recalled by the General again in 1834 after the fire when it was suggested to him that it might be reb...

Nothing more clearly reflects Jackson's unquenchable spirit than the prompt and effective manner in which he set about arranging for the rebuilding of his home. His genius for o...

Again in 1930 the scenic paper in the hall was the subject of preservative treatment at the hands of one of the world's foremost experts in this kind of work. Skilfully the pape...

"I send you enclosed a note addressed to me by the Messrs. Yeatman after a conversation I had with them this morning. They have always been ready and willing to do all in their...

PAGE I. The Pre-Hermitage Period 1 II. Original Building, Fire and Rebuilding 19 III. Rescue and Restoration 37 IV. Description of the House 58 V. The Garden and Grounds 73 VI....

ELECTED MAY, 1941 Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent Mrs. George F. Blackie, Second Vice-Regent Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer Mrs. Paul DeWit...