BIB_ID
127608
Accession number
MA 22325
Creator
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849, sender.
Display Date
Columbia, Tennessee, 1841 December 31.
Description
1 item (10 pages, with address) ; 25.8 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "General Andrew Jackson / Hermitage / [Mos] Nashville / Te."
Stamped "Columbia TEN" with "Jan 4" written in black ink.
Original paper seal with wax.
From page 14 of Andrew Jackson album.
Stamped "Columbia TEN" with "Jan 4" written in black ink.
Original paper seal with wax.
From page 14 of Andrew Jackson album.
Summary
Polk, writing to Jackson, after he lost reelection as governor of Tennessee, about Jackson's opposition to the Bank of the United States, referencing several speeches Jackson made as president, in order to clarify what has often been misrepresented; note by Jefferson in ink at bottom of letter (2 pages) discussing the word "bank" and its meaning to him.
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