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145
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JACKSON, ANDREW. Two items, each Signed, “A.J.”: Autograph Letter, to his
bank cashier * Autograph Note, to Washington Superintendent of Public Buildings. The
first, requesting gold in exchange for paper notes. 1 page, 8vo; marked dampstaining affect-
ing left half of page, left edge blackened by flame, address leaf detached. The second:
“[R]ecommending Mr. Sulivan as a fit person to be employed on the public buildings.
Referred to the Major [William] Noland, superintendent of public buildings,” on a small
scrap of paper. 3
3
/
4
x3 inches; mounted to larger sheet, “To President” written in another
hand vertically and unobtrusively through text, minor scattered soiling. (MRS)
Np, [1836?]
[500/750]
“
The president with his respects to Mr.Thomas cashier of the Metropolis Bank . . . will be very
much obliged to him if he will give Gold for the Bills given to Major Donelson yesterday on
my check for $850 . . . for travelling expenses & we have to travel thro[ugh] so many states
before we return, that it will be a great convenience to have gold . . . .”
JACKSON APPOINTS DIRECTORTO
SECOND BANK OFTHE UNITED STATES
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JACKSON, ANDREW. Document Signed, as President,
appointing Levi Ellmaker a Director of the Bank of the United
States. Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. 1 page,
folio, with integral blank; complete separation at horizontal fold,
moderate brittling to edges, faint uneven discoloration, vertical
fold through “w” of signature (without loss), paper seal intact. (MRS)
Washington, 2 February 1835
[2,000/3,000]
According to the Act to Incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the
United States, passed by Congress on April 10, 1816, the president may
appoint five of the 25 directors of the Bank, making the present document
one of five or fewer.
By vetoing the bill to recharter the Second Bank in 1832 and by subse-
quently depleting the Bank by redirecting federal deposits to private banks,
Jackson made the prospect of renewing the charter before its expiration in
1836 more and more unlikely. In March of 1836, the Second Bank
became a private corporation, bringing the national bank to an end. The
consequent shortage of currency contributed to the Panic of 1837.