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Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891 to N.L.C. White

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.206 Author/Creator: Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 26, 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Declines request for autograph of her husband, James K. Polk.

Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891
Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
White, N.L.C., fl. 1860

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