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Show AnswcriiiR a iii.sliun. Hovonvl of Qui1 liinyhiuii IVtemla are greatly interested in regard to the place of birth and the nationality uf Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. Bets run hij;h that he w;ts bom jn Iielnud, ut .ma, in Jtforth V1:,.rni"(,,i "Ml! seveml other points. The (ptc-tinu is refei-rcd refei-rcd lie r;iiAi,n, Wp auswci'; Jnckeon'sparonlrt were of Scotch-Irish descent that is: his motlier was a thorough-going Irishman and always wore the pants, figuratively speaking. They resided at Carrickfcrgus, Ireland, Ire-land, close by Belfast, in (ha! regit,n of cqunfry th:t lm. pi'iv,iiccil sopiauy ;ietabe men. They emigrated to America In 17iVi, two years before the birth of Andrew, and settled upon a small farm at Waxham. X C, where "Old Hickory" spent hi- youth, Our fricids nuyy 0:ci'i:fnrc vote Jacksan an American cit'en by birth and a chip of both old blocks. Li t thorn settle their beta in good faith without further fur-ther delay, |