Letter, Dec. 17, 1847.

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 ...

Richardson, W. A. (William Alexander), 1811-1875

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Born in Kentucky and came to Rushville, Illinois in 1831 as a lawyer, served as U.S. senator, and was the Democrat Party nominee for governor in the 1856 election, lost and returned to the senate. From the description of Letters, 1837, 1848, 1850. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54025454 ...

Richardson, Cornelia H., d. 1864.

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Wife of congressman, William Alexander Richardson, from Rushville, Illinois who visited her husband in Washington, D.C. in December 1847, staying at Coleman's National Hotel and visiting first lady, Mrs. Polk. From the description of Letter, Dec. 17, 1847. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54025452 ...

Coleman's National Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

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