Letter from Philip M. Johnson to Andrew Jackson, March 9, 1829

Forms part of Andrew Jackson Papers; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009180
Philip M. Johnson, apparently an old friend of President Jackson, writes from an Ohio River steamboat a few days after the inauguration in Washington to offer his congratulations to the new president. Johnson claims: "I brought with me your inaugural address & it was sought & read with avidity.-- . . . friends were pleased with its conciseness and dignified energy--It manifested to them a determination for fewer words & more action. . . ." He also recommends Judge McLean to President Jackson as deserving a position in his administration.
Letter from Philip M. Johnson to Andrew Jackson, March 9, 1829.
Original document scanned in 1999-2000 for the former American Memory presentation “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations (retired 2016).