Andrew Jackson
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by John Vanderlyn, engraving, c. 1820. General Jackson is said to have met with Jean Lafitte in secret at the Old Absinthe House.
Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans
Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans
The Old Absinthe House, a stucco building at the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets, is one of the oldest structures in New Orleans, dating to approximately 1806.
In the nineteenth century,…