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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The road to Virginia City : the diary of James Knox Polk Miller
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Copyflo copy of European travel diary covering 1867 June 23 to 1868 September 1.
mssHM 84264
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Manuscripts
This collection primarily consists of correspondence and notes of James K. Polk, dating from 1844 to 1849, and correspondence of his wife Sarah Childress Polk, dating from 1883 to 1889; a 19th century copy of Polk's 1849 will is also present. Polk's correspondence discusses politics, plans for his presidency, and the collectorship of New York. His notes on newspaper articles concern Martin Van Buren; Benjamin Tappan, Francis P. Blair and the annexation of Texas; and the Wilmot Proviso. The collection also contains several newspaper articles from 1846 regarding the Oregon boundary dispute, a copy of Senator Arthur Bagby's 1845 open letter to the people of Alabama concerning the annexation of Texas, and an 1849 extract from a French newspaper about events in the United States. Sarah Childress Polk's correspondence primarily concerns biographical sketches of herself and her late husband, with several letters from George Bancroft. In addition, the collection contains a note regarding a Congressional report on title endorsed by James Madison, 1790.
mssPolk
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Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Is sending reports of Free Soil Party meetings at St. Louis and New York. Includes autograph note by Polk on docketed envelope. Enclosures referred to in letter are not included. (2 pages)
HM 28836
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Autograph notes initialed on docketed envelope. Includes clipping of the Washington Union article, which pertains to the Wilmot Proviso. (2 pages)
HM 28832
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Manuscripts
Handwritten copy with seal of Davidson County Court, Tennessee. (10 pages)
HM 28833
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Manuscripts
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
HM 28830