Andrew Jackson Papers: Provenance
Essay by Manuscript Specialist John McDonough. Originally published as the Introduction to the Index to the Andrew Jackson Papers (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 1967).
Guide to Using the Series 5 Military Papers
The physical Andrew Jackson Papers are arranged in twelve series based on document types and acquisition history. A listing of the series is available on the About the Collection page. While most correspondence in the Andrew Jackson Papers is indexed at the item level, materials in Series 5, the Military Papers, 1781-1832, are presented electronically at the volume level.