Correspondence of James K. Polk

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1817-1832
    By James Knox Polk

    ... 1838 From Richard H. Allen , November 26 , 1838 From Elisha Whittlesey , November 27 , 1838 From Robert Armstrong ... December 3 , 1838 From John B. Hays , December 4 , 1838 From Lewis P. Roberts , December 4 , 1838 From Sackfield ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk
    By James Knox Polk

    Elizabeth H. Curtis , wife of Robert Curtis of Glouster , Va . , sent Polk a quill which she said was dropped by an eagle flying over her home on the day Henry Clay was nominated for the presidency . Polk made a pen of the quill and ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1839-1841
    By James Knox Polk

    James Knox Polk Herbert Weaver, Wayne Cutler, Paul H. Bergeron, Tom Chaffin, Michael David Cohen. 12. Thomas D. Arnold moved that the ... Edward Everett , Daniel Jenifer , John S. Pendleton , Charles S. Todd , and Washington Barrow .

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1833-1834
    By James Knox Polk, Herbert Weaver

    James Knox Polk, Herbert Weaver Paul H. Bergeron, Wayne Cutler, Tom Chaffin, Michael David Cohen ... O o Corners O Indian Creek Millville Elk River Elkton ° Sugar Creek County Line Todd'so POLK'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT The district from ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1835-1836
    By James Knox Polk

    James Knox Polk, Herbert Weaver Paul H. Bergeron, Kermit L. Hall, Wayne Cutler, Tom Chaffin, Michael David Cohen ... O Elk River Elkton o County Line O Sugar Creek Todd's o Polk's congressional district ( Maury and Bedford counties ) as ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk
    By James Knox Polk

    From George S. Mann . ALS . DLC - JKP . Warns that John Tyler's friends in New York are not to be trusted ; asserts that they control but few votes . From Ely Moore . ALS . DLC - JKP . Introduces William A. Walker of New York City ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1842-1843
    By James Knox Polk

    From Samuel H. Laughlin , October 12 , 1843 From J. G. M. Ramsey , October 12 , 1843 To H. A. Cole , David Howell , et al . , October 16 , 1843 From William H. Polk , October 16 , 1843 From John W. Davis , October 17 , 1843 From William ...

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk
    By James Knox Polk, Wayne Cutler

    ALFRED BALCH [ P.S. ] Saturday Ev . 21st . ... A Nashville lawyer and an influential political strategist , Balch was named to a four - year term as judge of the U.S. Middle District of Florida in 1840 ... Probably Benjamin F. Butler .

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk
    By James Knox Polk

    Vol. 13 Michael David Cohen, editor ; Bradley J. Nichols, editorial assistant.

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: January-July 1847
    By Michael David Cohen, Tom Chaffin

    Many of this volume's letters chronicle the Tennessean's prosecution of the Mexican War, a conflict that, along with his 1846 acquisition of what is today's Pacific Northwest, increased by one-third the size of the United States.

  • Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1837-1838
    By James K. Polk

    Vol. 13 Michael David Cohen, editor ; Bradley J. Nichols, editorial assistant.