JACKSON
JACKSON
fiaJ. and were afterward, as they had been be-
fure, friends. Subsequently, while justice of the
.sui»renie court. Jackson had a liannlcss exchange
of shot in the streets of Jonesboro, without the
benefit of the code, with Gov. Joiin Sevier, who,
after refusing Jackson's challenge, sarcastically
mentioned liis marriage with Mrs. Robards in
Natchez. He was solicitor-general of the terri-
tory of Tennessee ; a delegate from Davidson
county to the constitutional convention that met
at Knoxville. Jan. 11, 17U0. to frame a state con-
stitution, anil a memljer of the committee to
draft the instrument. In tiie fall of 1796 he was
ele-ted the sole representative from tiie new state
of Tennessee iu the -Ith congress, and rode horse-
back eight hundred miles to Philadelphia, where
congress was to meet for its second session,
Dec. '), 1796. reaching the city on December 1. In
February. 1797, the Bank of England suspended
specie payment, and did not resume it for twenty-
two years, and this caused a general financial de-
pression. He was elected to the U.S. senate in
1797, to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration
of the term of Senator Cocke, and he soon after
resigned and was succeeded by Daniel Smith.
He was a judge of the supreme court of the state
from 1798 until he resigned, July 24,' 1804, but no
record of his decisions has been preserved. Tradi-
tion gives them as having been short, and gen-
erally right. He was elected major-general of
the state militia over Jolin fcievier in. IbUl. About
Home on Jiualcr'a Hill.
1804 he sold his house and farm on Hunter's Hill, and al.so 2.'>.0iMJ acres of wild land, paid all his debts, and removed with his wife and slaves to the farm afterward known as the " Hermitage," and built a square, two-story block-house of three rooms, carrying on tiie plantation and raising horses. He also engaged extensively in general merchandising, in jiartnership with John Coffee and Joim Hutchings, as Jackson, Coffee & Hutch- ings. at Clover Bottom, .seven miles from Nash- ville and four miles from his new home. On May 29, 1806, he fought a duel with Charles Dickinson, and killed his antagonist. He received a wound that he carefully concealed until after Dickinson became unconscious, which confined him to his house for over a month, an<J finally cost him his life. On May 29. ISO.-), a year after the death of Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr visited
General Jackson at his hou.se, where he was
a guest for live days. Burr was received
in Nashville with distinction, and at a public
dinner. General Jackson gave the toast: '"Mil-
lions for ilefence but not one cent for trilj-
ute." On his return from New Orleans, Burr
stopped at Jackson's house for eight days and in
writing home speaks of his liost as " once a law-
yer, after a judge, now a planter." Burr was
visited by Generals Robertson and Overton, Maj.
W. P. Anderson and other hailing public men of
Nashville. On Nov. 3, 1806, in his cai)acity as a
business man, Jackson received from Burr an
order to builil. at Clover Bottom, on Stone's river,
five large boats, ami to i)urchase provisions as
cargo for transportation, when the boats were
completed. Burr sent with the order $3000 in
Kentucky bank notes. At the same time Patten
Anderson was actively engaged in raising a com-
pany of young men to acconqjany the flotilla
down the river, and his expenses were i>aid Ity
the firm out of this money. Early in November
a friend of Jack.son's suggestetl the possil)ility of a
conspiracy on the part of Burr, and Jac.k.son
wrote Burr demanding to know the truth of the
rumors then afloat. He also warned Gov. W. C.
C. Claiborne, at New Orlesilis, of his fears of
"plans on foot inimical to the Union." He also
wrote to President Jefferson offering the services
of his division of the state militia in case of need.
Then folhnved Burr's arrest in Kentucky, his
defence Ijy Henry Clay and his triumphant ac-
quittal. On December 14 Burr revisited Nashville
and called at the house of General Jackson, but
found his former host ab.sent, and on going to
Clover Bottom t(X)k lodgings at a tavern. After
a few days General Jackson and General Overton
called and informed Burr of their .suspicions of
his unlawful i)urpose, which Burr disclaimed,
expressed his regrets for their want of faith in
his loyalt}" and declared his friendliness to the
government. In a few days he departed with his
Iwjats down the river. On Jan. 1, 1807. General
Jack.son received from the President and Secre-
tary Dearborn orders to hold his militia in readi-
ness to march, and General Jack.son at once
warned Captain Bi-ssell at Fort Massac, on the
Ohio, and on Jan. 10, had two comp.'inies ready,
which he reviewed in the pul)lic .scjuare amiil the
applause of the populace. In a few days the
excitement had passed, and General Ja<-k.son
ordered the militia disbanded. Jack.son was
sus|H;cted by some of having a part in the con-
spiracy, but these calumnies were quickly refuted
by his friend, George W. Campbell, representa
tive in congre.ss, whose private correspondence
with .Jackson was shown to the President and
led ^Ir. Jefferson to declare General Jackson
" faithful." Subsequently Jackson became con-
