Several years ago, I remember reading about a letter that Andrew
Jackson's mother wrote him after he was elected president. 
Essentially, she said that supporters had the right, as "good
friends," to expect appropriate behavior and support.  It was an
interesting approach--that friends had the "right" to expect behavior,
and I'm interested in that letter.

From http://search2.eb.com/elections/micro/298/32.html

"His mother and two brothers died during the closing years of the war,
direct or indirect casualties of the invasion of the Carolinas."