Papers, 1838-1901.

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Papers, 1838-1901.

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Consists of letters, including one each from James K. Polk and Edward W. Carmack, and several others written from Halifax Courthouse, Virginia; a photograph of Mrs. James K. Polk; an 1865 deed for a Nashville City Cemetery lot; and a photograph of a certificate of appointment for William D. McNish as Deputy Postmaster at Nashville, Tenn., 1861, signed by Abraham Lincoln.

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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 ...

Nashville City Cemetery (Nashville, Tenn.)

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Fitzpatrick, Morgan, 1870-1908.

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Polk, William Hawkins, 1815-1862

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Carmack, Edward Ward, 1858-1908

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Editor of Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., newspapers, prohibitionist, U.S. representative, 1897-1901, and senator, 1901-1907. From the description of Edward Ward Carmack papers, 1850-1942. WorldCat record id: 24561258 Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) of Sumner County, Tenn., was a lawyer, editor of Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., newspapers, prohibitionist, United States representative, 1897-1901, and senator, 1901-1907. He was assassinated in Nashville in 1908 by Duncan Brown Co...

Walker family.

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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...

McNish, William D.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...