Abstract:
This article is the first installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to James K. Polk written between February 17, 1821 and December 21, 1833. The author's introduction addresses the source of the letters in the Library of Congress. The letters presented here are from William Polk, William Davidson, Sidney I. Harris, William D. Moseley, Marshall T. Polk, James A. Craig, William H. Haywood, Jr., William J. Bingham, Owen Holmes, J. N. Johnson, Samuel C. Mabson, William J. Alexander, and Spivey McKissick.