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[Identification of item], in the Polk Family Papers in the Library of Congress, #4098, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
• Balch, Alfred.
• Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
• Branch, John, 1782-1863.
• Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835.
• Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
• Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834.
• Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871.
• Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856.
• Graham, Daniel.
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
• Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866.
• Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861.
• Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
• Polk family.
• Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
• Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864.
• Polk, William, 1758-1834.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1824.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1828.
• Ruffin, Thomas, 1787-1870.
• United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--19th century.

• Polk Family Papers (#4207); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence, indentures and legal agreements, circulars, pamphlets, and other papers of a North Carolina family, whose members included Leonidas Polk and President James Knox Polk. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to William Polk (1758-1834) concerning the University of North Carolina, elections of 1824 and 1828, the Bank of the United States, and the politics of Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, John Q. Adams, and Henry Clay. Included are copies of documents relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and a biography, 1859, of William Polk. Correspondents include John Q. Adams, Alfred Balch, John Branch, Joseph Caldwell, Andrew Jackson Donelson, John H. Eaton, Daniel Graham, Andrew Jackson, William B. Lewis, Willie P. Mangum, and Thomas Ruffin.