JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson") as President, to his adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr., Washington, D.C., 30 April 1832. 1 full page, 4to, small piece torn from upper left-hand corner, neatly backed with a sheet of matching paper. AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER'S PRAYER. To Rachel Jackson's nephew, whom the Jackson's had adopted in 1809, the President writes: "My Dear Andrew, I wrote you this morning a short & hasty scroll [scrawl]. I am astonished at Mr. Steel permitting Judge Overton & Major Eaton to send Hutchings after Alexander. Mr. Donelson, with your consent, has made arrangements, [and] came under obligations about them both expensive and [illegible] which if not complied with, may place his feelings in a very delicate situation, & do great injury to the character of our stock. If therefore, Alexander has returned back, send him on with them immediately as the summer will be on, & it will be very injurious to the colts to travel in warm weather. I am astonished at Hutchings. I pray God to take you in his holy keeping, bless you with health & restore you to your dear little family and me in good health, & pray God to bless & prosper you through life, in all your just pursuits, is the prayer of your affectionate father."

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JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson") as President, to his adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr., Washington, D.C., 30 April 1832. 1 full page, 4to, small piece torn from upper left-hand corner, neatly backed with a sheet of matching paper. AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER'S PRAYER. To Rachel Jackson's nephew, whom the Jackson's had adopted in 1809, the President writes: "My Dear Andrew, I wrote you this morning a short & hasty scroll [scrawl]. I am astonished at Mr. Steel permitting Judge Overton & Major Eaton to send Hutchings after Alexander. Mr. Donelson, with your consent, has made arrangements, [and] came under obligations about them both expensive and [illegible] which if not complied with, may place his feelings in a very delicate situation, & do great injury to the character of our stock. If therefore, Alexander has returned back, send him on with them immediately as the summer will be on, & it will be very injurious to the colts to travel in warm weather. I am astonished at Hutchings. I pray God to take you in his holy keeping, bless you with health & restore you to your dear little family and me in good health, & pray God to bless & prosper you through life, in all your just pursuits, is the prayer of your affectionate father."