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Mitchell the other one held by a Mr. Russ was given also, which I sent by an old man by the name of Gallender to have it recorded at Gainsville (sic) ?
A large volume of letters such as the foregoing was occasioned by the fact of the family being split between the Hermitage at Nashville andjfce two of the locations listed above. ^ ^^G^-Jhe Daniell Place was known as Clifton Plantation;-asd the Russ Place eventually -2-j	became Sea Song.214 Another reason was that Andrew Jackson Jr. seems to have had a
0	penchant for traveling back and forth to New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana,
Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
From a perusal of the letters, there emerge vivid character studies of Jackson Jr.,
his wife, Sarah Yorke Jackson, and the second of their sons, young Samuel, only nineteen at the time of the writing of the letter extensively noted above. Already Samuely^ running the day-to-day operations of a large plantation with many slaves. It is evident from his many letters that he is a loving, dutiful son; also in evidence is a picture of a rather solitary existence on a mid-nineteenth century plantation.
In addition to the faults already described for Jackson, Jr., the letters make clear that he is usually absent, that he changes his mind easily, almost whimsically, about important things, and that he cannot be counted upon with regard to his commitments.
Sarah Yorke Jackson was a well-bred Philadelphian who had served for a time as First Lady in the White House during President?s Jackson second term ,21:> Prior to her marriage to Andrew Jr., she and her sister had been orphaned with limited means when their father died, having just lost two ships at sea. 216 A patrician who stayed at the Hermitage for a protracted period after the purchase of the Hancock County properties,
214	This site is now Buccaneer Park, in Waveland. The high lands of the park, known by locals for many years as ?Jackson Ridge,? is in two parts, separated by a salt marsh. The smaller part, or ?day? area, is to the East; this is where the house and outbuildings were located. The larger part, for campers, must have been open farm land. It now has second or third growth pine.
215	President Jackson?s wife Rachel died before he was inaugurated. During his first and for most of his second term, Emily Donelson served as First Lady. She was the wife of Andrew Jackson Donelson, Rachel?s nephew. He was Jackson?s personal secretary and close advisor for mush of Jackson?s administration. When Emily died at age 28 on December 19, 1836, she was succeeded as First Lady by Sarah Jackson.
Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, p. 334.