{"id":1286,"date":"2009-01-16T05:35:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2009\/01\/16\/andrew-jackson\/"},"modified":"2014-03-03T07:19:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:19:25","slug":"andrew-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/andrew-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of New Orleans hero slides into York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This is the York Gazette&#8217;s report about Andrew Jackson&#8217;s February 1819 visit to the borough. (To see a list of other visits by presidents or presidental candidates, click <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/01\/president-buchanans-fall-refle-1\">here<\/a>.) Background posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2009\/01\/-first-lady-barbara-bush\">Barbara Bush at Crispus Attucks: &#8216;It&#8217;s something they will remember the rest of their lives&#8217;<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/11\/samue-l-small-etc\">Isabel Small led procession of women who made wreath for Abe Lincoln&#8217;s coffin<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/11\/bill-goodling\">Bill Goodling: Jerry Ford might have been the most important president he served with<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nMany U.S. presidents or hopefuls came to York via train.<br \/>\nBut Andrew Jackson arrived in a sleigh.<br \/>\nIn 1819, before his presidential years, the noted general made a hurried visit to York before landing in Lancaster.<br \/>\nBut while in York, he complained about an overcharge sustained on his way to that borough&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nJackson had lost his temper when informed he owed $50 to Cornelius Garrettson for conveying him from the Shrewsbury area to York in a sled.<br \/>\nJackson countered with $30, which Garrettson accepted.<br \/>\nStill, Jackson received a warm reception in York from residents seeking a glimpse of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.<br \/>\n&#8220;The general we are told is a man of remarkably plain and easy manners, and that those who went to see him were much pleased with his frank and open manner in which they were received by him,&#8221; The York Gazette reported.<br \/>\n<em>For additional posts on presidential visits to York County, visit: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/category\/all-presidential-stops\/\">U.S. presidential stops in York County.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the York Gazette&#8217;s report about Andrew Jackson&#8217;s February 1819 visit to the borough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,24,5,7,16,10,4,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-politics-is-local","category-all-presidential-stops","category-archives-all-posts","category-explanationscontroversy","category-famous-york-visitors","category-genealogyresearch","category-local-journalism-web","category-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Battle of New Orleans hero slides into York - York Town Square<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/andrew-jackson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Battle of New Orleans hero slides into York - York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the York Gazette&#8217;s report about Andrew Jackson&#8217;s February 1819 visit to the borough.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/andrew-jackson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-16T05:35:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-03T12:19:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JamesMcClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/andrew-jackson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/andrew-jackson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim McClure\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b48a19c4bb41c9ee494a3eb75485cdd0\"},\"headline\":\"Battle of New Orleans hero slides into York\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-16T05:35:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-03T12:19:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/andrew-jackson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"All politics is local\",\"All presidential stops\",\"Archives, all posts\",\"Explanations\\\/controversy\",\"Famous York visitors\",\"Genealogy\\\/research\",\"Local journalism &amp; 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