In Jackson's Time by Atlanta Constitution

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 8, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 26.

In Jackson's Time.

By Atlanta Constitution

Not long ago I heard an old gentleman telling with great delight of how he was once a guest at the White House. It was during Andrew Jackson's first term. His father was an ardent admirer of Jackson, and insisted that the son, then just of age, should make a pilgrimage to Washington for the sole purpose of seeing the old hero. They lived at Erie, Pa., and the long journey had to be made on horseback. The young man took the tedious ride, and, after refreshing himself at a Washington hotel, went up to the White House and asked to see the President.

When he was admitted he told Jackson that he had ridden all the way from Erie to see him. The President asked his business, and was highly pleased when he was told that the only object of the visit had been accomplished in obtaining an interview. Jackson asked where the young man was stopping, and on being told, insisted on sending down for his horse and saddle-bags and retaining him as a guest at the White House. For a week the young Pennsylvanian enjoyed "Old Hickory's" hospitality. On the morning of his departure, his horse, with his saddle-bags across his back, was led in front of the White House, and the President came out, as any good old farmer would have done, to shake hands and wish him a safe journey home.