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Andrew Jackson and The Peggy Eaton Affair
Andrew Jackson came to Washington wearing a mourning band. His beloved wife Rachel had died only weeks before his inauguration in 1829. Jackson believed his sixty-one-year old wife was killed by the poisoned arrow of slander and calumny. (That she … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Margaret Eaton, Peggy Eaton, Peggy O'Neale TImberlake, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Rachel Jackson, Senator John Eaton, the Peggy Eaton Affair, the Petticoat Affair, US history, VP John C. Calhoun, White House history
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