Unidentified Andrew Jackson Cook 3
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"Unidentified Andrew Jackson Cook 3," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/221.
- Position
- Cook
- Legal Status
- Unclear from Context
- Gender
- Male
- Presidency
- Andrew Jackson
- Biography
- A letter written by President Andrew Jackson to his nephew, Andrew Jackson Donelson, on July 25, 1835, discusses a staffing issue at the White House about a cook. At some point prior to this letter, Donelson asked Jackson whether he should seek out a new cook. Jackson writes that they should try to retain the “old cook” if he is still in town. Jackson then states the following: “enquire of Mr. Boulanger whether the cook has left the city, and whether he does not expect him to comply with his engagement, if he says he does not, then we can get our old coloured cook now at Baltimore.” (1)
No other identifying information is currently known about this “old cook” including their name or length of service at the White House. - (1) Letter in Pauline Wilcox Burke, Emily Donelson of Tennessee Volume II, (Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1941), 87, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b538591&seq=10&q1=Augusta.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Related Worker
- Unidentified Andrew Jackson Cook 2Kitchen, Dining Room, Pantry, and Storeroom, circa 1829 – 1834