Wives of political leaders are often misunderstood, but the wife of Andrew Jackson was badly treated by the press and greatly misunderstood by the public. Her grateful husband wrote these words for her epitaph: “Rachel Jackson. A being so gentle and virtuous slander might wound but could not dishonor.” Even death when he took her from the arms of her husband could but transport her to the bosom of God.
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