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she was devote^! to her family, some of whom remained in Nashville, ^he seldom if
ever counter^her husband?s bad decisions, and often support^his walking away from	^
obligations.
The person who comes across as one with real strength of character is Samuel: respectful, usually optimistic, intelligent, long-suffering and courageous. Even when aware of his father?s inadequacies, he seldom complain^Though often lonesome, he was apparently too shy to accept a Christmas dinner invitation form Judge Claiborne (letter reference). (To do)to do
1857
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In March 1857, the Supreme Court decided the Dred Scott case, which declared that Scott, a black slave, is not a citizen with the right to sue in Federal court. As a result, it is claimed that claves are chattel, and therefore the property of their owners wherever they are. Northerners and Republicans react in protest. - John S. Bowman, The Civil War Day by Day, p. 17.
?> Samuel Jackson at Clifton Plantaion
Dred Scott was not as important for Samuel as a bad toothache.
While his father was engaged in heady financial transactions, Samuel was having a severe toothache, first mentioned in a letter to his mother on March 13, 1857. In the March 26th letter, he asked his mother for money to go to a dentist in New Orleans. He said that Pa had promised to send him some money but he had not received it and had only ?two dollars to my name...I have not the means to have it attended to Pa told me to go to Col Clayboum when I was in need of any, but I do not like to do it.? (Letter reference).
217 Andrew Jackson, Jr. and Sarah had three children who survived infancy. The first was Rachel, who married Dr. John Lawrence and remained in Nashville. Second was Andrew Jackson III, who went to West Point and subsequently served in the Confederate army as a colonel; he lived at the Hermitage until 1893. Samuel Jackson , about whom much is revealed in the letters, was the youngest of the siblings.