Papers : addition, 1847-1882.

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Papers : addition, 1847-1882.

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Consists of: three U.S. land grants, signed by President James K. Polk, dated 1847 and 1848; a photograph of a portrait of Marshall T. Polk of Columbia, Tennessee; two calling cards of Sarah Childress Polk, wife of James K. Polk; and a letter from Mrs. Polk to Sen. H.E. Jackson concerning a proposed pension for her. The three land grants are made out to Elizabeth Bentley of Iowa, Ferrin Baldwin of Alabama, and Evan Shelby Polk of Arkansas.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891

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Sarah Childress Polk was married to the 11th President of the United States, James Polk. She served as First Lady from 1845 to 1849. Elder daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Childress, Sarah Childress gained something rarer from her father’s wealth. He sent her and her sister away to school, first to Nashville, then to the Moravians’ “female academy” at Salem, North Carolina, one of the very few institutions of higher learning available to women in the early 19th century. So she acquired ...

Polk, Marshall Tate, 1831-1884.

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Polk, Evan Shelby.

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Bentley, Elizabeth Bradley

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Baldwin, Ferrin.

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

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Jackson, Howell Edmund, 1832-1895.

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