Zachary Taylor : miscellaneous papers, 1816-1848.

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Zachary Taylor : miscellaneous papers, 1816-1848.

Included are his 25 Sept. 1819 letter to General D. Parker discussing recruiting in Ky. and the capture of deserters; three letters, 1823, 1826, and 1829, to his brother Hancock Taylor in Louisville, regarding family, his La. plantation, La. agriculture in relation to Ky., and the death of their father; a 22 Feb. 1826 letter to Colonel R. Jones discussing routine military matters; and a 24 Sept. 1848 letter to Colonel James Watson Webb regarding the 1848 presidential election of Millard Fillmore.

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