Entrance To The Hermitage Home Of President Jackson

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $4.95

Stock #:42616
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Nashville
State: Tennessee (TN)
County: Davidson
Publisher: Capitol News Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The Hermitage, 12 miles from Nashville, originally was built of logs in 1804, part of it still standing. Here Aaron Burr was entertained and it was here General Jackson returned the conquering hero and idol of the nation after the Battle of New Orleans. Present mansion, built 1819. Colonial architecture with wide and long verandas and spacious rooms. Here Lafayette was entertained in 1825. In the yard are the graves of Andrew Jackson, his wife and other members of the family.

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