Front view of the Hermitage, home of Old Hickory.

THE HERMITAGE
Home of Old Hickory

By
STANLEY F. HORN

New York
GREENBERG : PUBLISHER

Copyright, 1950, by Stanley F. Horn
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
MY WIFE
WITHOUT WHOSE INTEREST AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. The Pre-Hermitage Period 1

II. Original Building, Fire and Rebuilding 19

III. Rescue and Restoration 37

IV. Description of the House 58

V. The Garden and Grounds 73

VI. The Hermitage Household 97

VII. Guests at the Hermitage 137

VIII. The Tennessee Farmer 158

IX. Church and Religion, and Final Days 187

Appendices:

A: Chronology 207

B: Andrew Jackson’s Will 209

C: His Goings and Comings 213

D: Governing Boards 220

Index 223

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Front View of the Hermitage, Frontispiece

Original Log House 2

The First Hermitage 3

Imaginary Picture of the Hermitage 10

The Hermitage in 1831 10

Plat of the Hermitage Plantation 11

Old Print Showing the Young Cedar Trees 11

Front View of the House 18

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