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cation. No man was more anxious to advance the cause of 

 literature in Georgia, and he always referred to his agency in 

 the organization of our State University, with feelings of pe- 

 culiar pride. In 1802, he was associated with Abraham 

 Baldwin and John Milledge in ceding to the United States 

 the State territory west of the Chattahoochee. Mr, Jackson 

 died in the city of Washington on the 19th of March, 1806, 

 whilst serving Georgia as Senator in Congress. He was buried 

 four miles from Washington, but by order, of Congress his 

 remains were removed to and interred in the Congressional 

 burial yard, about the year 1836. On his tomb is the follow- 

 ing inscription, the production of the Georgia delegation in 

 Congress. On front side : 



" To the memory of Major General James Jackson, of 

 Georgia, who deserved and enjoyed the confidence of a grate- 

 ful country — a soldier of the Revolution." 



On the reverse : 



" He was the determined foe of foreign tyranny, the 

 scourge and terror of corruption at home. Died 19th of 

 March, 1806, in the 49th year of his age." 



Mr. Jackson was about 5 feet 7 inches in height, stout, 

 broad-shouldered, with a full breast, a large penetrating eye, 

 high forehead, prominent features, and thin, sandy hair. His 

 mind was strong, and much improved by reading and observa- 

 tion. Although much employed, he found time to prepare a 

 large volume of notes, in manuscript, on Ramsey's History of 

 South Carolina, containing a vast amount of information in 

 regard to the revolutionary war as carried on in Georgia. In 

 the private relations of life he was kind and affable. Possess- 

 ing a warm temperament, he was too apt to suppose himself 

 slighted when really nothing of the kind was intended. To 

 educate his children was with him an object of much solici- 

 tude. Four of his sons are now living, polished, patriotic and 

 useful citizens. To his servants he was proverbially kind. 

 As we have already intimated, Mr. Jackson had his faults. 

 He was often led to do things which, upon cool reflection, 

 caused him pungent sorrow; and most of the difficulties in which 

 he was involved, and which frequently caused the shedding of 

 his blood, arose from the character of the times. Georgians ! 



