Record #:

19775

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

This article is the seventh in this series of reprinted letters between North Carolinians and James K. Polk. Material was edited from the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress which in 135 bound volumes of Polk's papers. These documents are reprinted here to demonstrate important themes and issues of the era for the state's citizens. Letters date from December 1836 through September 1847.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 3, July 1940, p249-266

Subject(s):

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849