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The papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), governor of Tennessee, representative from Tennessee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and eleventh president of the United States, contain approximately 20,500 items dating from 1775 to 1891, with the bulk falling in the period 1830-1849. The collection includes correspondence, presidential letterbooks, diaries, speeches and messages, account ...
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- Series 2: General Correspondence and Related Items, 1775-1849
- Series 3: Additional Correspondence and Related Material, 1826-1849
- Series 4: Letterpress Copy Books, 1845-1849
- Series 5: Messages and Speeches, 1833-1849
- Series 6: Notes, 1831-1847
- Series 7: Account and Memoranda Books, 1817-1850
- Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884
- Series 9: Sarah Childress Polk Papers, 1838-1891
- Series 10: Printed Matter, 1826-1886
- Series 12: Additions, 1775-1885
- Oversize, 1832-1886
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Governors--Tennessee. Presidents--United States. Representatives, U.S. Congress--Tennessee. Speakers of the House, U.S. Congress.
The papers of James K. Polk are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on sixty-seven reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, James K. Polk Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Mainly letters received, with receipts, legal documents, petitions, and other related items. Arranged chronologically.
Letters received and related material. Arranged chronologically.
Copies of Polk's outgoing letters in five volumes. The first four volumes have self-contained indexes. Arranged chronologically.
Drafts by Polk of messages to Congress and speeches, together with some printed copies. Arranged chronologically.
Notes by Polk on a variety of subjects. Arranged alphabetically on numbered mounting sheets and in an "executive record book."
Miscellaneous account and memoranda volumes. Arranged chronologically.
Broadsides and broadsheets, many of which were sent as letters to Polk, and other printed matter or documents pertaining to legal cases and politics, particularly to Democratic Party politics in Tennessee. Additional newspaper clippings are appended. Arranged chronologically.
Letters received, invoices, receipts, checks, and related documents. Arranged chronologically.
Presidential messages to Congress, pamphlets, and speeches by Polk, and booklets and newspapers pertaining to him. Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Correspondence and miscellany including duplicates and fragments, engraved portraits, extracts copied from historic documents, philatelic covers, and a presidential order. Arranged by year of addition and alphabetically by type of material therein.
Printed matter and newsletters. Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Polk, owned twenty-four slaves and had accumulated several thousand acres at the time of his death in 1824.4 Samuel Polk, the father of James Knox Polk, was a man of great wealth. While residing in Mecklenburg County, Samuel Polk owned a 400-acre plantation with an unknown number of slaves.5 In 1806, he and his family moved to Maury County ...
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The collection consists of papers relating to several generations of the family of Leonidas Polk (1806-1864), Episcopal bishop and general in the Confederate army. Correspondents include Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James T. Holly, first black Episcopal bishop of Haiti, and several Confederate military leaders.
The James K. Polk Papers 95 great deal of information on a wide variety of topics ranging from cholera epedemics to political and social activities. Prominent among the family correspondents are Joanna and Sarah Rucker of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, nieces of Mrs. Polk, who at separate times were White House guests of President and Mrs. Polk.
The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with James K. Polk, including the James K. Polk Papers. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Polk such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site.
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All volumes of the Correspondence of James K. Polk now can be read online at no charge. The Polk Project and the University of Tennessee Press have partnered with Newfound Press, the digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries, to make this possible. Newfound Press has released searchable, open-access pdf versions of all thirteen ...
