[Rarebooks] FS: James Polk's Copy of EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Charles Agvent
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Thu Dec 17 10:53:04 EST 2015
From our new catalog:
[POLK, James]. [EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES].
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1833 - 1834. First Edition. Thick (3")
octavo recently bound in brown morocco leather-backed marbled boards
with matching morocco corners and a red morocco spine label. Documents
from the 23rd Congress, First Session, 1833-4 containing approximately a
thousand pages with each document paged individually. James Polk's copy
with his full SIGNATURE including middle initial on the top of the first
page, the Index. At the time of publication, Polk was a member of the
House of Representatives from 1825 to 1839, serving as Speaker of the
House from 1835 to 1839, the only Speaker eventually to be elected
president. He was a staunch supporter of President Andrew Jackson and
supported Jackson's positions on a number of bills included here, most
notably leading the fight in the House against the recharter of the Bank
of the United States, exposing its financial weakness. Polk was
appointed chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in December
1833, when these documents begin. The first "dark horse" candidate in
presidential history, Polk was nominated on the 9th ballot at the
Democratic convention and narrowly defeated Henry Clay in the
Presidential election of 1844 becoming, at the age of 49, the youngest
president to date. Vowing to serve only one term, he was possibly the
least corrupt and most effective president in American history, having
established an independent treasury, confronted the British, conquered
Mexico, and seized the western third of the North American continent
creating the land mass that would ultimately become the contiguous
United States. Included is a 1992 letter from the Executive Director of
the Tennessee Historical Society de-accessioning the volume. Books from
Polk's library are quite uncommon. Occasional foxing and toning to the
text. The signature is strong and clear, the binding Fine. (#017969)
$4,000.00
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