Stormy Weather at Andrew Jackson's Halcyon Plantation

Andrew Jackson’s son bought a plantation along the Mississippi River in 1838. But bad weather starting the following winter crippled the potential profitability of the farm as the correspondence of Andrew Jackon, Sr., testifies. Overseers could be blamed, but they did not cause the constant flooding...

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Main Author: Serme, Jean-Marc
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2003
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Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.098.0032