Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: These letters contain the correspondence between Andrew Jackson Donelson, addressed to or written by, and various family members, largely his father and second wife, Elizabeth. Most are concerned with traveling information, such as where to forward a letter whilst traveling, or to whose care a letter may be addressed that it might be received. A generous portion of each letter is devoted to asking after the well-being and current status or whereabouts of various family members and the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: These letters contain the correspondence between Andrew Jackson Donelson, addressed to or written by, and various family members, largely his father and second wife, Elizabeth. Most are concerned with traveling information, such as where to forward a letter whilst traveling, or to whose care a letter may be addressed that it might be received. A generous portion of each letter is devoted to asking after the well-being and current status or whereabouts of various family members and the...