ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE [Front View of the Hermitage,] Frontispiece [Original Log House] 2 [The First Hermitage] 3 [Imaginary Picture of the Hermitage] 10 [The Hermitage in 1831] 10 [Plat of the Hermitage Plantation] 11 [Old Print Showing the Young Cedar Trees] 11 [Front View of the House] 18 [Close-up View of the Façade] 19 [The Front Door] 26 [Rear View of the House] 26 [General Jackson Greeting Lafayette] 27 [Original Slave Cabin] 27 [Uncle Alfred] 34 [Sunday Morning at the Hermitage Church] 35 [The Hermitage Church] 42 [Interior of the Old Hermitage Church] 42 [Epitaph on Mrs. Jackson’s Tomb] 43 [The Tomb of General and Mrs. Jackson] 43 [Earl’s Portrait of General Jackson] 50 [The Old Family Carriage] 51 [Passage from the Kitchen] 58 [The Hermitage Well] 58 [Front Gate and Entrance Driveway] 59 [The Garden] 59 [One of the Garden Walks] 66 [View of the Garden from the House] 67 [General Jackson’s Desk] 82 [General Jackson’s Office] 83 [General Jackson’s Bedroom] 98 [Entrance Hall] 99 [The Stairway] 114 [Guest Room] 115 [The Back Parlor] 130 [The Dining Room] 131 [The Front Parlor] 146 [Upstairs Hall] 147 [Old Kitchen] 162 [Original Silverware] 163 [General Jackson’s Liquor Chest] 176 [Advertisement of Truxton] 177
DRAWINGS
[First Floor Plan] 170a [Second Floor Plan] 184a [Front Elevation,] Front end sheet [Rear Elevation,] Back end sheet
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preservation of the Hermitage as one of America’s most cherished historic shrines is due to the vision and patriotic enthusiasm of the women composing the Ladies’ Hermitage Association, to whom all possible credit should be given for the work they have done.
Acknowledgment is made to the association for their permission to use the photographs of the interior of the Hermitage, to which they have the exclusive right. Other photographs are used by permission of Marvin Wiles, photographer, of Nashville, to whom the copyright belongs. The architectural drawings were furnished by the Library of Congress, Washington, having been prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
The Author.