ALS, 1844 August 1 : Columbia, to Col. Samuel H. Laughlin, Nashville.

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ALS, 1844 August 1 : Columbia, to Col. Samuel H. Laughlin, Nashville.

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Marked confidential, Polk's letter urges the newspaperman to strengthen his paper with "an extraordinary portion of spirit and fire ... These are not ordinary times. We are in a storm ... The Whig press of Nashville should be promptly and most vigorously met at every point."

2 p. ; 25 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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