Polk family letters 1856-1868 Polk family letters

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Polk family letters 1856-1868 Polk family letters

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This collection contains letters that Horace M. Polk and his wife Ophelia wrote to Ophelia's father, Major John Houston Bills. The Polks corresponded about aspects of life in Louisiana from the mid-1850s to the late 1860s, including state and national politics, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

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Polk, Merritt

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Bills, John Houston, 1800-1871

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John Houston Bills (1800-1871), Tennessee planter, merchant, and friend of president James Knox Polk (1795-1849), was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, and migrated to Tennessee in 1818. He was active in the Democratic Party, the Freemasons, the temperance movement, and the religious life of his community. From the guide to the John Houston Bills Papers, 1843-1871, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) John Houston Bill...

Polk, Horace M. (Horace Moore), 1819-1883

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Horace M. Polk was a planter on Bayou Bartholomew near Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, La., and senatorial delegate from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes to the Louisiana Secession Convention. From the description of Horace M. Polk letter, 1860 Nov. 5. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 776894049 From the description of Horace M. Polk letters, 1860-1868. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 302362758 ...

Polk, Ophelia Bills, 1826-1885

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