By the late John H. DeWitt, distinguished jurist and historian, who
was President of the Tennessee Historical Society and Judge of the
Court of Civil Appeals.
The history of the Hermitage, Andrew and Rachel Jackson, their domestic
life, their relations with their friends and her kin, is of charming
interest. Mrs. Mary French Caldwell has recorded in this booklet much of
this history that has not hitherto been published. She has made patient
research into old records and other documents, bringing to light
Jackson's transactions in certain lands, his acquisitions of home sites,
and building and rebuilding of homes. She has restated who were his
immediate kin by affinity and his closest local friends. She has revived
the color and atmosphere of life at the Hermitage in the years when its
master was its beloved and dominating personality in the flesh.
The Ladies' Hermitage Association has done a fine service in publishing
this manuscript for the benefit of all lovers of this history. It should
be eagerly obtained and carefully studied by tourists as well as by all
other Americans. They will profit by it in culture and in patriotism.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
LADIES' HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson _Regent_
Mrs. Wm. P. Cooper _First Vice-Regent_
Miss Fermine Pride _Second Vice-Regent_
Recording Secretary _Miss Martha Lindsey_
Corresponding Secretary _Mrs. Douglas Wright_
Treasurer _Mrs. Roy Avery_
Directors: Mrs. George F. Blackie, Mrs. Charles E. Buntin, Mrs. Lyon
Childress, Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, Mrs. E. W. Graham,
Mrs. Douglas Henry, Mrs. Gilbert Merritt, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs.
William Weymss.
Board of Trustees: Mr. E. A. Lindsey, Nashville, Chairman; Mr. William
E. Beard, Nashville; Mr. Henry Barker, Bristol; Mr. Lewis R. Donelson,
Memphis; Mr. Lawrence Winn, Nashville; Mr. Herbert Gannaway, Memphis;
Mr. Stanley F. Horn, Nashville; Dr. Marvin McTyiere Cullom, Nashville.
Regents of the Association have been: Mrs. Mary L. Baxter, Mrs. J.
Berrien Lindsley, Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Mrs.
B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. R. R.
Henry, Mrs. Walter Stokes, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey,
Mrs. Reau E. Folk.
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. E. W. Graham, Mrs. George F. Blackie, and
the present regent, Mrs. Robert F. Jackson.
Publications Committee: Mrs. George F. Blackie, Miss Martha Lindsey and
Miss Fermine Pride.