July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
POLK, Lucius Junius (1802-1870), Politician, married President Andrew Jackson’s niece in the White House, served in the Tennessee State Militia as Brigadier General, 24th Brigade. Autograph Letter Signed, Lucius J. Polk,” 1pp., with integral address panel, Atwood, Maury County, Tenn., October 31, 1844, to Secretary of the Navy, John Y. Mason. In small part, My nephew Thomas G. Polk is an applicant for a midshipmans Warrant ... he is a boy of fine constitution uncommonly bold ....” Very good.
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