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Andrew Jackson Jr to Isham Harris
Sea Song?Bay of St. Louis Shieldsborrough^Feby 22d 1860
His Excy. Govr. Harris,
My Dear Sir,
I was call'd from my old Home, the Hermitage, a few weeks since to the South (my present residence)--on some business, and expected to return, before the adjournment of the present Legislature, which I perhaps cannot do?I now write you Sir, for the purpose of expressing the dying sentiments of my venerated Father to me, and Mrs. Jackson, just before his decease, (as I perceive a movement has been made in the Legislature, to have his & Mrs. Jackson's remains removed to the State Capital grounds at Nashville?"He call'd me, and my wife up to his bed side, and said, my son & Daughter, it may become necessary, for you to sell, or dispose of the Hermitage & grounds--hereafter, but, I beg of you to let my remains, & that of my dear Wife, remain together, at the Hermitage, a sacred spot to me, there to rest in peace and [?] until the final day of Judgement, when our Lord & Master will call for us?&c &c &c.
I have written you rather hastily Govr., upon the subject? and will you do me the favor, to present the expressions, I here send, of the dying request of my Father to the members of the Legislature generally; perhaps they may, under the circumstances reconsider the matter?I trust so?I, nor any member of my family, have been consulted in the matter, therefore, we all earnestly, and respectfully, protest against it. Oh! let his