Lucius Junius Polk papers, 1818-1876 [microfilm manuscript].

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Lucius Junius Polk papers, 1818-1876 [microfilm manuscript].

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Letters from Polk, of Maury County, Tenn., to his wife from Washington, D.C., in the 1820s and 1830s; political correspondence from prominent Tennesseans; and other family letters. Included are a letter, 10 May 1831, from Andrew Jackson, and a letter, 1 May [1830?], from James K. Polk.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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