Andrew Jackson, Jr.’s Bedroom
This was General and Mrs. Jackson’s room previous to the death of Mrs. Jackson in 1828, afterwards the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr. The furniture was purchased by Jackson after the fire in 1834.
The mahogany bedstead, one of eight purchased after the fire of 1834, the mahogany bureau with toilet articles, mahogany washstand with original washstand set, original hair brush and clothes brush, strawberry design painted on back, mahogany marble top center table, triple mirror, brass andirons, cut glass oil lamp, the brass candlestick were all used in this room. The carpet is not original, but an old one of the period. The portrait of Sarah York Jackson was painted by Healy. The leather chair was one used constantly by her.
The wallpaper is a reproduction, presented by the Robert Graves Company of New York and copyrighted (1925). The wood blocks from which the paper was made were purchased by the Association.
Candlestick on mantel, presented by Mrs. Anne Hoyte Hicks Joyce, which was purchased by her grandmother, Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, at an early auction, was used by General Jackson at the Hermitage.
Bohemian glass jar, which belonged to Rachel Jackson. Presented by Mrs. W. T. Mallison.
Andrew Jackson’s signature is on fly leaf of open volume, History of England, 1793.