Horace M. Polk letters, 1860-1868.

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Horace M. Polk letters, 1860-1868.

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These are letters from Polk to his father-in-law, Major John H. Bills, of Bolivar, Tenn. Antebellum letters quote prices for land near Bastrop, while postbellum letters tell of the substantial price increase because of the favorable geographic location and the scarcity of good land. Other letters tell of a cotton broker refusing Confederate money in payment of a debt, propaganda encouraging African-American laborers to hold off on labor contracts, and yellow fever in Vicksburg. An 1868 letter enthusiastically reports Polk's first venture with a tobacco crop.

16 letters.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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 ...