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mules." He concludes: "Mrs. J. unites with me in kind respects 

 to you and Mrs. Cryer & believe me your friend" etc. 



By the same person that took two mares to Sir William, on May 

 3, 1828, Jackson wrote despairingly of the hard times and prospects 

 for better; nobody in the Hermitage neighborhood had the money 

 to buy Cryer' s "negro wench and children"; Jackson, himself, had 

 been forced to go to bank to get money to pay current expenses; he 

 regretted, therefore, that he was unable to help Cryer; but added 

 consolingly: "My Dr. Sir do not lose heart, you have friends & 

 if they have not money, they have credit & property & will aid you 

 in the time of need, as much as they can." The usual conclusion: 

 "Mrs. J. joins me in kind salutations to you and your family." 



Here is one in full: 



"H-geMay nth. 1828" 

 "My Dr Sir 



"Your note of yesterday by your son was duly reed with the 

 mare and coalt it was too late for his return yesterday, I detained 

 him until this morning it is now raining, & if it holds up in time, 

 he will be with you this evening, should it continue to rain, I will 

 detain him until tomorrow. 



"I have the unpleasant intelligence to communicate, that this 

 morning was found dead, the mare brought down yesterday by 

 your son Having company when she arrived, I only saw her 

 at a distance, & Charles when he put her away did not discover her 

 being unwell I suppose she must have died with the bolts "He 

 that giveth hath the right to take away," and at those things I 

 never repine I have lost in the last 18 months, at least $3000 

 woth of horses, & my favorite gray mare, has been twice ill with the 

 grubs, since she came from the horse 



"I hope I shall have the pleasure to see you soon, at the Hermitage 

 therefore shall not now reply to your former letter, barely observing, 

 that the honest and upright man, as long as humanity, virtue, & 

 charity exists in society, must always find friends in the day of 

 need, when this ceases to be so, then indeed, has the social compact 

 failed to be what divinity intended by the wisdom of its institution. 



"My health is better I have had a severe attack, but hope in 

 a few days to regain my usual strength, when pressing business will 

 compel me to Alabama for a few days before I get out, I would 

 be glad to see you. 



" With the kind salutations of Mrs. J. & myself to you & your 

 family believe me your 



friend 



Andrew Jackson 

 The Revd. H. M. Cryer 



In 1830 President Jackson and his kitchen cabinet were deeply 

 engrossed in rewarding the victors and in trying to prevent a dis- 

 solution of his official cabinet; but these perplexing matters did not 



