Finding Aid for the John L. Polk Public Auction Inventory, 1831


MS-2777

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Will Leech, May 24, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Will Leech, May 24, 2006
Encoded by: Will Leech, May 24, 2006

Summary Information
Title: John L. Polk Public Auction Inventory

Date/Date Range :   1831

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains an 1831 auction inventory of John L. Polk. The inventory includes furniture, a slave woman, and a book, Letters From the South, by James Kirke Paulding.

Call number: MS-2777

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was purchased.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], John L. Polk Public Auction Inventory, MS-2777. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

This collection contains one folder.


Biography / History

This is most likely the inventory for the sale of the estate of John Lee Polk, brother to president James Knox Polk. John died on September 28, 1831, in Columbia, Tennessee.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains an 1831 auction inventory of John L. Polk. The inventory includes furniture, a slave woman, and a book, Letters From the South, by James Kirke Paulding.

Subject Terms

  • Tennessee -- History -- 1829-1837.
  • Slavery.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
John L. Polk Public Auction Inventory, 1831