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James K. Polk Papers, 1775-1891, (bulk 1830-1849)

Title: James K. Polk Papers 1775-1891 (bulk 1830-1849)

United States president, Speaker of the House and representative from Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. General correspondence, presidental letterbooks, diaries, account and memorandum books, drafts and copies of speeches and messages, family papers, financial and legal papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Polk's political career in Tennessee and on the national level.

ArchivalResource: 20,500 items; 183 containers; 39 linear feet; 67 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009178 View

Graham, Daniel, 1789-1869. Daniel Graham letter, 1829 May 21.

Title: Daniel Graham letter, 1829 May 21.

Graham's letter, dated May 21, 1829, was a response to Governor Thomas Metcalfe, who had sent the State of Tennessee a resolution by the Kentucky General Assembly concerning the boundary between the states. Graham, answering for the absent Tennessee governor, said the executive there had no authority from the legislature to act in the matter. He urged the establishment of a joint commission.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41433516 View

Graham, Daniel, 1789-1869. Letter, 1842 May 1, Nashville, Tennessee [to] John Houston Bills, Bolivar, Tennessee.

Title: Letter, 1842 May 1, Nashville, Tennessee [to] John Houston Bills, Bolivar, Tennessee.

Consists of a letter written by Daniel Graham, Nashville, Tenn., to John Houston Bills, Bolivar, Tenn. In the letter, Graham describes dinner at the Hermitage with Andrew Jackson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28823514 View

Polk family papers, 1767-1859

Title: Polk family papers, 1767-1859

The papers of the Polk family span the years 1767-1859. Bound in two volumes, the collection contains correspondence, indentures and legal agreements, circulars, pamphlets, and miscellaneous material. Letters to William Polk concern the University of North Carolina, elections of 1824 and 1828, Bank of the United States, and the politics of John Quincy Adams, William Harris Crawford, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson. Included are copies of documents relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and an 1859 biography of William Polk. Other family members represented include Leonidas Polk and James K. Polk. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Alfred Balch, John Branch, Joseph Caldwell, Andrew Jackson Donelson, John Henry Eaton, Daniel Graham, Andrew Jackson, William Berkeley Lewis, Willie Person Mangum, and Thomas Ruffin.

ArchivalResource: 200 items 2 containers .6 linear feet 1 microfilm reel

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016025 View