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ADS signed twice, “Andrew Jackson” and “A. Jackson,” one page, 7.75 x 5.5, March 8, 1807. Handwritten memorandum by Jackson recording the receipt of cotton credited toward the purchase of goods for the “Miss Owens,” in part: “Recd. from Eli Hammonds Esqr the following receipts for cotton…to be at the credit of the Miss Owens, for articles Bot for them of Messrs. Deaderick & Somervill, one for thirty three & 3/4 lbs gend cotton, the other fifty four and 1/3 pounds Ditto—the cotton at fifteen cents pr. lb.” Jackson signs beneath this statement and continues below: “The articles alluded to Bot for the young ladies are 11 yards black Silk Sinshong—5 yds coarse callico—2 pair black cotton hoes.” He signs again below, “A. Jackson,” and adds accounting calculations to the reverse concerning the balance due and a coffee bill dated January 24, 1808. In fine condition.
Created during Jackson’s years as a Tennessee lawyer, planter, and rising political figure, this uncommon double-signed memorandum offers a revealing glimpse into the commercial economy of the early American frontier. The document records cotton being accepted as credit toward the purchase of household goods, illustrating the barter-based transactions that remained common in the Southwest during the first decade of the nineteenth century. The Nashville merchant firm of Deaderick & Somervill, from whom the goods were purchased, formed part of the commercial network that supplied Tennessee’s growing frontier communities. Particularly appealing is Jackson’s notation of items acquired for the “young ladies,” including silk fabric, calico, and cotton hose, transforming a routine financial record into a tangible snapshot of domestic life in early Tennessee. Signed twice by the future seventh president, the document survives as an unusually personal example of Jackson’s management of everyday family and financial affairs during the formative years of his rise to national prominence.
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