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The Official and Political Manual
of the State of Tennessee
pub: Marshall and Bruce, Stationers, Nashville, TN - 1890

Pg 256

         LADIES' HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION.
           Hermitage, Tennessee
           
         The General Assembly, by act approved April 6, 1899, conveyed
       twenty-five acres of the "Hermitage" tract, upon which are located
       the mansion-house and tomb of General Andrew Jackson, in trust to
       the Ladies' Hermitage Association, and upon their recommendation
       the Governor is authorized to appoint nine discreet male white
       persons, over twenty years of age - two from East, two from West,
       and five from Middle Tennessee - as Trustees. The object of this
       trust is to permit and encourage the Ladies' Hermitage Association
       to improve, beautify, and preserve the mansion, other houses, and
       tomb, and to display to the world the respect, love, and affection
       of the people of Tennessee for the great and illustrious dead.
       This conveyance is conditional. On the Association's failure or
       refusal to improve and keep in a state of beauty and improvement
       the property conveyed, then same reverts to the State. This property
       is to be kept free of charge for access to the grounds, and the
       State is not to be required to pay any money for the improvements.
       The Trustees hold office for four years. Mrs. M. C. Goodlett is
       President of the Ladies' Hermitage Association.
       
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