Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Five workers in the federal navy yard in Philadelphia wrote this petition to Andrew Jackson to ask that their work day be limited to ten hours. Addressed to Jackson at the Hermitage in Tennessee, the letter recounts the workers' frustrations and appeals to Jackson’s concern for his place in history: ... frequent appeals have been made for the establishment of a system requiring but ten hours labour in our national yard. The commandant has been solicited. The board of navy commissioners have...