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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4 Part 3 (Large Print Edition)
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4 Part 3 - Large Print Edition Author:James D. Richardson JAMES KNOX POLK was born in Mecklenburg County N.C. November 2 1795. He was a son of Samuel Polk a farmer whose father Ezekiel and his brother Colonel Thomas Polk one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence were sons of Robert Polk (or Pollock) who was born in Ireland and emigrated to America.