Document signed (Aaron Burr legal case)

Document signed “Andrew Jackson”. 1p., 7.5 x 12.0 inch, Mississippi Territory, Adams County, March 25, 1813. Signed Legal Document regarding a Case Between Harmon Blennerhassett and Aaron Burr. Dated just five years after Burr's abortive plan to create an independent country in the Southwestern United States. The plaintiff, Harmon Blennerhassett, also implicated in the Burr Conspiracy, makes a case against Aaron Burr. The document is Jackson's sworn affidavit as a garnisher in the case. The document reads, in part: "Personally appeared General Andrew Jackson who having been summoned as a garnisher in the above case to appear at Superior Court to be held at the Court House in and for the County aforesaid on the second Monday in April next... being duly sworn saith that he is not indebted to the Defendant any thing and that he has not any effects of the Defendant in his hands nor does he know of any effects or debts of the Defendant in the Hands of any other person to that of his knowledge and belief." Light to moderate toning to the paper; smoothed folds, some small areas of loss at the edges of the folds, old tape repair on the verso. From the Private Collection of a Mississippi Gentleman.

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Autograph note signed

Autograph note signed “Andrew Jackson”. 1p., 6.5 x 4.5 inch, n.p., n.d. To Theodore Stark, clerk of the court. A note pursuant to a legal document, it reads: "Mr. Stark will please to speak to Mr. Shields to attend to the case of Blennerhassett against me as garnisher - Mr. W. Jackson will pay him his fee, when applied to with this note - if my affidavit, together with Col. Coffee's (Colonel John Coffee) should not be satisfactory. He must write me - and at all hazards except the safety and order of my troops I will come back at the day." Slightly discolored, minor fold breaks expertly repaired on verso, slightly trimmed, else good condition. Provenance: From the Private Collection of a Mississippi Gentleman.

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