Jackson Sends “Scamp” To Buy Back Texas

Col. Anthony Butler walked out of the White House on Aug. 13, 1829 with a seven-figure line of credit and secret lnstructions to make the Mexicans an offer they could not refuse. Andrew Jackson considered the Rio Grande realm as “lost” territory, a legitimate part of the Louisiana Purchase that the Monroe Administration had seen fit to surrender to Spain. Five months into his presidency, he…