“I hold myself much indebted”: Ibid.
“I have come to a conclusion”: Jackson to Ryerson, July 5, 1801,
PAJ
, 1:249.
“It has been communicated to me”: Sevier to Jackson, August 29, 1798,
PAJ
, 1:209.
A story was told . . . “and so I did”: Parton, 1:228–29.
“during good behavior”: Commission as superior court judge, December 22, 1798,
PAJ
, 1:215.
“I am in possession . . . would be too great”: Jackson to Hays, August 24, 1801,
PAJ
, 1:252–53.
“general wish and opinion . . . and humble servant”: Robertson to Jackson, September 7, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:358.
“Talents like yours . . . struggle with the loss”: Enclosure (1) in Jackson to George Roulstone, October 8, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:372–73.
“Retirement to private life . . . voice is obeyed”: Enclosure (2), ibid.
“if health will permit me”: Ibid.
“confined me for some days”: Jackson to John Overton, February 23, 1798,
PAJ
, 1:184.
“During this distressing scene”: Jackson to Rachel, March 22, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:326.
“To do this is not my wish . . . every good citizen in it”: Jackson to Benjamin Bradford, July 19, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:337–46.
“Services? . . . young men at Knoxville”: Isaac Avery in Parton, 1:165.
“The ungentlemanly expressions”: Jackson to Sevier, October 2, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:367–68.
“Your ungentlemanly and gasconading conduct . . . me and my meaning”: Sevier to Jackson, October 2, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:368.
“This, sir, I view . . . of one hour”: Jackson to Sevier, October 3, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:368–69.
“I am happy to find you”: Sevier to Jackson, October 3, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:369.
“To all who shall see”: Jackson to the public, October 10, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:379.
“I am again perplexed . . . for the campaign”: Sevier to Jackson, October 10, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:380–81.
“Sevier replied . . . protect Mr. Jackson”: Statement by Vandyke, October 16, 1803, printed in
Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser
, December 21, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:505–06.
“Judge Jackson swore”: Affidavit of Andrew Greer, October 23, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:489–90.
“Let us ask . . . retreat with credit”: “A citizen of Knox county” to the
Knoxville Gazette
, November 10, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:493–94.
“vulgar and ungentlemanly expressions”: “Veritas” to
Tennessee Gazette
, December 14, 1803,
PAJ
, 1:496–501.
SON OF THE WEST (1805–1814)
9. C
ONSPIRACY
“My own affections”: Jefferson to William Short, January 3, 1793,
Selected Writings of Jefferson
, 522.
“If they see their interests”: Jefferson quoted in Abernethy, 4.
“It is rare that the public sentiment”: Jefferson in Malone, 4:100.
“There is on the globe”: Jefferson to Robert Livingston, April 18, 1802, Jefferson papers.
“He is by far not so dangerous a man”: Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott Jr., December 16, 1800,
Papers of Hamilton
, 25:257.
“He understands as well”: Burr to Jackson, June 2, 1805,
PAJ
, 2:59.
“But notwithstanding . . . and your honor”: Burr to Jackson, March 24, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:91–92.
Jackson compiled the list:
PAJ
, 2:93n3.
“The certain consequence . . . of acquiring fame”: Jackson to James Winchester, October 4, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:110–11.
“This armed force . . . ready to march”: Jackson to brigadier generals, October 4, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:111–12.
“The public sentiment”: Jackson to Jefferson, c. November 5, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:114–15.
“Their intention was to divide . . . at the head”: Jackson to George Washington Campbell, January 15, 1807,
PAJ
, 2:148–49.
“There is something rotten . . . the Union disunited”: Jackson to Claiborne, November 12, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:116.
“A difference exists . . . to New Orleans”: Jackson to Smith, November 12, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:117–19.
“He is meditating the overthrow”: Anonymous letter to Jefferson, December 1, 1805, quoted in Abernethy, 38.
“Spanish intrigues”: Daviess quoted in ibid., 90.
In August Jefferson . . . from Spanish control: Ibid., 63, 184–85.
“an express pledge of honor”: Jackson to Claiborne, January 8, 1807,
PAJ
, 2:140–41.
“Should danger threaten you”: Ibid.
“Burr’s chief agent here . . . the national interests”: Wilkinson to Jackson, December 19, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:126.
“a numerous and powerful association . . . an auxiliary step”: Wilkinson to Jefferson, October 20, 1806, in Abernethy, 150–51.
“Everything internal and external . . . glory and fortune”: Burr to Wilkinson, July 22–29, 1806,
Papers of Burr
, 2:986–87.
“Burr’s enterprise is the most extraordinary”: Jefferson to Charles Clay, January 11, 1807, Jefferson papers.
“He might be hid”: Wilkinson to Jackson, December 19, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:126.
“Burr said surely”: Jackson testimony to grand jury, June 25, 1807,
PAJ
, 2:168–69.
“I am more convinced . . . pass with impunity”: Jackson to William Anderson, June 16, 1807,
PAJ
, 2:167–68.
10. A
FFAIR OF
H
ONOR
“one bay horse”: Appraisal of horse, December 12, 1783,
PAJ
, 1:9.
Jackson solved Verell’s financial problem: Memorandum of agreement between Jackson and Verell, May 11, 1805,
PAJ
, 1:57.
“a damned liar”: Swann to Jackson, January 3, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:78.
“The harshness of this expression”: Ibid.
“Let me, sir . . . with an anodyne”: Jackson to Swann, January 7, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:79–80.
“As to the word
coward
”: Dickinson to Jackson, January 10, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:81–82.
“Think not . . . receive of another”: Swann to Jackson, January 12, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:82.
“not suffer passion . . . avoiding a duel”: Robertson to Jackson, February 1, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:83–84.
“On Thursday the 3rd”: Clover Bottom race notice, March 1, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:90.
“the largest concourse . . . the fate of Ploughboy”: Jackson to John Hutchings, April 6, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:94.
“I declare him”: Dickinson to editor of
Impartial Review
, May 21, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:97.
“Your conduct and expressions . . . will point out”: Jackson to Dickinson, May 23, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:98.
“If you can not obtain pistols”: Overton to Catlet, May 23, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:99.
“For god’s sake”: Overton to Catlet, May 24, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:99–100.
“not now be convenient”: Catlet to Overton, May 24, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:100.
“It is agreed”: Statement by Overton and Catlet, May 24, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:100.
“I should have hit him”: Jackson quoted in Parton, 1:297. The outlines of the duel as given here follow Parton, who got details from those close to the event.
11. A
LL
M
UST
F
EEL THE
I
NJURIES
“There is a few long faces”: John Overton to Jackson, June 1, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:100–01.
“The thing is so novel”: Jackson to Thomas Eastin, June 6, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:101, and headnote to same.
“To dupe the citizens”: Jackson to Watkins, June 15, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:102.
“He observed that he was not”: Caffery to Jackson, August 25, 1806, excerpted in
PAJ
, 2:103n.
“every circumstance in the affair”: Statement by Catlet, June 25, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:104.
“A report arrived here . . . for better purposes”: John Overton to Jackson, September 12, 1806,
PAJ
, 2:108–09.
“British Outrage . . . satisfaction is not given”: Malone, 5:425.
“made up for war . . . old and the new”: Jefferson to William Duane, July 20, 1807, Jefferson papers.
“The degradation offered . . . nation is inevitable”: Jackson to Thomas Bayly, June 27, 1807,
PAJ
, 2:170.
he led a protest:
PAJ
, 2:170n. As a tactical measure, the rally endorsed Jefferson’s actions, but the mood was clearly more belligerent than the administration’s.
“Is it possible”: Jackson to McNairy, January 20, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:183.
to pay him $999: Headnote to Jackson to McNairy, January 20, 1808,
PAJ
, 2:182.
“Our enemies have long calculated . . . liberty and independence”: Jackson address, January 16, 1809,
PAJ
, 2:210–11.
12. M
ASTER AND
S
LAVES
“They are family Negroes”: Wade Hampton to Jackson, June 3, 1810,
PAJ
, 2:248.
“Fifty Dollars Reward . . . of three hundred”: Jackson advertisement in
Tennessee Gazette
, September 26, 1804,
PAJ
, 2:40–41.
“1 bottle castor oil”: Jackson account with John Bedford, October 26, 1809, to September 29, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:223.
In 1810 he formed a partnership: This account is from the headnote to Jackson memorandum, May 18, 1811,
PAJ
, 2:261–62.
“It was well known”: Jackson to Blount, January 25, 1812,
PAJ
, 2:277–79.