SARAH YORKE JACKSON.

The wife of Andrew Jackson, Jr.—Miss Yorke of Philadelphia—Well

educated and accomplished—Her marriage—Goes to the White House a

bride—Affection for General Jackson—He compliments her to a

Pennsylvania delegation—Shares the honors of hostess—A devoted

daughter to General Jackson—His declining years soothed by

her—The hospitality required of her—A heavy tax—Her dependents

her special care—A happy mother—Death of her father and her

husband—Alone with her children—The Hermitage a place of

memories—Death of a son—Still at the Hermitage—The estate owned

by the State of Tennessee—A peaceful old age 329

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