Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, March 15, 1908, Section 4, p. 1.
OLD HICKORY'S DESK
Judge Lewis Jordan, formerly of Corydon, Indiana, now chief of a division of
the treasury department in Washington, finds recreation and amusement in
poking about antique shops and second-hand furniture stores. While nosing
around in a Georgetown shop a few weeks ago, he came upon a mahogany desk
covered with dirt and showing the neglect of years. He scraped through to
the wood and found it to be a remarkably fine bit of mahogany so he took it
for $25. When he had peeled off two or three layers of dirt and had cleaned
up the drawers, he was amazed to find this inscription, "Presented to His
Excellency, Andrew Jackson, by his friend, Caleb Pierce.
Mr. Jordan was delighted and at once began an investigation. He found that
the desk was the one that Old Hickory had used while president of the United
States. The association of (illegible) who take care of "The Heritage," the
old Jackson home near Nashville, are negotiating with Mr. Jordan for the
purchase of the desk.