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  • Correspondence of James K. Polk / Herbert Weaver, editor ; Paul H. Bergeron, associate editor.

    • Text
    • Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1969-1993.
    • 1969-2021
    • 29 Items

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    Text IAW (Polk, J.) (Polk, J. Correspondence) Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
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    Text IAW (Polk, J.) (Polk, J. Correspondence) v. 14 (Apr. 1848-June 1849)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Tennessee's presidents / by Frank B. Williams.

    • Text
    • Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 82-222Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • North for Union : John Appleton's journal of a tour to New England made by President Polk in June and July 1847 / edited by Wayne Cutler.

    • Text
    • Nashville, TN : Vanderbilt University Press, 1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text IQ 86-3266Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The presidency of James K. Polk / Paul H. Bergeron.

    • Text
    • Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c1987.
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
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    Text II 87-2108Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Message of the President of the United States on the numbers of Indians in Oregon, California and New Mexico / James K. Polk.

    • Text
    • Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press, 1972.
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
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    Text HBC 90-11931Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • George Bancroft papers, 1823-1890.

    • Moving image
    • 1823-1890
  • The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, v. 2 (Chapters 21-24) [graphic]

    • Still image
    • 1673-1890.
    • 1673-1890
    • 1 Resource

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  • Making democracy a reality; Jefferson, Jackson, and Polk.

    • Text
    • Memphis, Memphis State College Press, 1954.
    • 1954
    • 1 Item
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    Text AGZ (Bowers, C. G. Making democracy a reality)Temporary Storage

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  • Olive branch and sword : the United States and Mexico, 1845-1848 / by Dean B. Mahin.

    • Text
    • Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text IIN 97-2824Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Presidents North Carolina gave the nation : addresses and papers in connection with the unveiling of a monument to the three Presidents North Carolina gave the Nation : Andrew Jackson of Union County, 1767-1845; James Polk of Mecklenburg County, 1795-1849; Andrew Johnson of Wake County, 1808-1875.

    • Text
    • [Raleigh, N.C. : The Commission, 1949?]
    • 1949
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Jackson) (North Carolina. Commission for a memorial to the three North Carolina presidents. Presidents North Carolina gave the nation)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • James Knox Polk, and a history of his administration; embracing the annexation of Texas, the difficulties with Mexico, the settlement of the Oregon question, and other important events. by John S. Jenkins.

    • Text
    • Auburn, Buffalo, J. E. Beardsley [1850]
    • 1850
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082363023
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    Text AN (Polk) (Jenkins, J. S. James Knox Polk, and a history of his administration. 1850)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • James Knox Polk, and a history of his administration; embracing the annexation of Texas, the difficulties with Mexico, the settlement of the Oregon question, and other important events.

    • Text
    • New Orleans, Burnett & Bostwick, 1854.
    • 1854
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082363049
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    Text AN (Polk) (Jenkins, J. S. James Knox Polk, and a history of his administration. 1854)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The life of James Knox Polk, late president of the United States, by John S. Jenkins.

    • Text
    • Auburn, J. M. Alden, 1850.
    • 1850
    • 1 Item

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    Text AN (Polk) (Jenkins, J. S. Life of James Knox Polk. Auburn, N.Y., 1850)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The life of James Knox Polk : late president of the United States / by John S. Jenkins.

    • Text
    • Hudson : P.S. Wynkoop, 1850.
    • 1850
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Polk) (Jenkins, J. S. Life of James Knox Polk. Hudson, N.Y., 1850)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Eulogy on the life, character, and public services of the late ex-President Polk; delivered at the request of the municipal authorities of the city of Boston, July 25, 1849. By Levi Woodbury ...

    • Text
    • Boston, J. H. Eastburn, city printer, 1849.
    • 1849
    • 3 Items
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    Text AGZ p.v. 51, no. 24Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text AN (Polk) (Woodbury, L. Eulogy on ... the late ex-President Polk)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • James K. Polk and the expansionist impulse / Sam W. Haynes ; edited by Oscar Handlin.

    • Text
    • New York : Longman, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text IBM 96-15276Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • El presidente Polk y Cuba / por Emeterio S. Santovenia.

    • Text
    • La Habana : Imprenta "El Siglo XX", A. Muñiz y hno., 1936.
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
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    Text HOF (Santovenia y Echaide, E. S. Presidente Polk y Cuba. 1936)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Diario del presidente Polk, 1845-1849. Reproducción de todos los asientos relativos a México, tomados de la edición completa de M. M. Quaifecon números documentos anexos relacionados con la guerra entre México y Estado s. Recopilación, traducción, prólogo y notas de Luis Cabrera.

    • Text
    • México, Antigua Libreria Robredo, 1948.
    • 1948
    • 2 Items
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    Text IAW (Polk, J. K. Diario del presidente Polk) v. 1Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text IAW (Polk, J. K. Diario del presidente Polk)|h v. 2Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • History of the Polk administration / by Lucien B. Chase.

    • Text
    • New York : G.P. Putnam, 1850.
    • 1850
    • 2 Items
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    Text II (Chase, L. B. History of the Polk administration)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text II (Chase, L. B. History of the Polk administration)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Dark horse, by Frank van der Linden.

    • Text
    • San Antonio, Tex., The Naylor company, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
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    Text II (Van der Linden, F. Dark horse)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Mexican War. Review of the annual message of the President of the United States to Congress, December 7, 1847.

    • Text
    • [Washington] Towers, Printer [1848?]
    • 1848
    • 1 Item
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    Text IIN Mexican (Mexican war)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • "Young Hickory," the life and times of President James K. Polk.

    • Text
    • New York, E.P. Dutton, 1949.
    • 1949
    • 1 Item
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    Text D-20 5300Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The Presidents of Congress, and of the United States. James K. Polk to Andrew Johnson [graphic]

    • Still image
    • 1789-1880.
    • 1789-1880
    • 1 Resource

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  • Polk; the diary of a president, 1845-1849, covering the Mexican War, the acquisition of Oregon, and the conquest of California and the Southwest, edited by Allan Nevins.

    • Text
    • London, New York, Longmans, Green, 1952.
    • 1952
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 97-10748Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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  • James K. Polk, Jacksonian, 1795-1843.

    • Text
    • Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1957-1966.
    • 1957-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text *R-RMRR E417 .S4 v. 1 (1795-1843)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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    Text *R-RMRR E417 .S4 v. 2 (1843-1846)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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  • James K. Polk; a political biography.

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    • New York, Russell & Russell, 1965.
    • 1965-1922
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 01-2087Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Political biography, Polk, Dallas, & Shunk [Democratic Committee of Correspondence for the city of Philadelphia]

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, Printed by Mifflin & Parry, 1844.
    • 1844
    • 1 Item
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    Text A p.v. 761Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The life and public services of the Hon. James Knox Polk, with a compendium of his speeches on various public measures. Also, a sketch of the life of the Hon. George Mifflin Dallas.

    • Text
    • Baltimore, N. Hickman, 1844.
    • 1844
    • 1 Item
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    Text AGZ p.v. 51 no. 2Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The life and public services of the Hon. James Knox Polk : with a compendium of his speeches on various public measures. Also, a sketch of the life of the Hon. George Mifflin Dallas.

    • Text
    • Baltimore : N. Hickman, 1844
    • 1844
    • 1 Item
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    Text AGZ p.v. 51 no. 2Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • A sermon occasioned by the death of ex-President Polk, delivered on Sunday, the 24th June, 1849, in the First Presbyterian Church / by Rev. E. Ballantine.

    • Text
    • Washington : R.A. Waters, 1849.
    • 1849
    • 1 Item
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    Text AGZ p.v. 51 no. 2Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Speech of Mr. J.J. Hardin, of Illinois : reviewing the principles of James K. Polk & the leaders of modern democracy, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, June 3, 1844.

    • Text
    • Washington : Printed by J. & G.S. Gideon, 1844.
    • 1844
    • 2 Items
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    Text *C p.v. 409 no. 1-25Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text II p.v. 27 no. 1-18Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A letter on the subject of the vice presidency, in favor of the claims of Jas. K. Polk, of Tennessee, to the nomination of the Democratic National Convention. By a Tennesseean.

    • Text
    • Washington, Printed at the Globe Office, 1844.
    • 1844
    • 1 Item
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    Text IO (1841-47) p.v. 1 no. 2-30Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The treaty of peace [signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848.

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    • n.p., 1848]
    • 1848
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KF 1848 (United States. Treaties, 1848. Treaty of peace)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Polk and Clay on the tariff : reply of Charles Brown, of Philad'a. to John M. Clayton, of Delaware : exposing the misrepresentations of Mr. Clayton and the Whig Party on the subject of the tariff : being the concluding portion of a speech of Mr. Brown to a Mass Meeting of the Democrats of Delaware, held at Dover, August 6, 1844.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : Printed at the office of "the Pennsylvanian," [1844?]
    • 1844
    • 1 Item
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    Text TIX p.v. 6 no. 1-33Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Remarks on President Polk's veto of the River and Harbor Bill.

    • Text
    • Washington : J. & G.S. Gideon, 1846.
    • 1846
    • 1 Item
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    Text VBA p.v. 379 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • James K. Polk and the American Presidency [microform]

    • Text
    • [1959]
    • 1900-1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text *Z-1331Offsite
  • James K. Polk : a clear and unquestionable destiny / Thomas M. Leonard.

    • Text
    • Wilmington, Del. : S.R. Books, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text II 01-1029Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Establishment of a President's plaza, Nashville, Tenn. Hearing, Seventieth Congress, first session, on S. 3171, a bill providing for a president's plaza and memorial in the city of Nashville, state of Tennessee, to Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson, former Presidents of the United States. March 10, 1928.

    • Text
    • Washington, Govt. print. off., 1928.
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
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    Text *SBF (United States. Library committee (Senate, 70:1). Hearings)Offsite
  • James K. Polk : a biographical companion / Mark E. Byrnes.

    • Text
    • Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-CLIO, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 02-82Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Presidents from Adams through Polk, 1825-1849 : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / [compiled by] David A. Smith.

    • Text
    • Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005003397.html
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    Text *R-USLHG E176.1 .P9213 2005Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121

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  • President James K. Polk : the dark horse president / Louise Mayo.

    • Text
    • New York : Nova History Publications, c2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item

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    Text II 06-5590Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Manifest ambition : James K. Polk and civil-military relations during the Mexican War / John C. Pinheiro.

    • Text
    • Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006038814.html
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    Text IIN 07-3508Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • James K. Polk papers, 1827-1849.

    • Mixed material
  • Polk : the man who transformed the presidency and America / Walter R. Borneman.

    • Text
    • New York : Random House, c2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014040.html
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    Text IBM 08-3749Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • History of the Polk administration [microform].

    • Text
    • New York : G.P. Putnam, 1850.
    • 1970-1850
  • This slender reed; a life of James K. Polk.

    • Text
    • New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [c1966]
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
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    Text J B Polk LOffsite
  • Charles Benjamin Merrill diary, 1844-1847.

    • Mixed material
    • 1844-1847
    • 1 Item
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    Mixed material MssCol 1972Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • T.H. Morrell collection of original autograph letters of the presidents of the United States, ca. 1865.

    • Mixed material
    • 1865
    • 1 Item

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/7c924180-6b84-0138-b824-357eedf223e8
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    Mixed material MssCol 2061Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • La guerra del señor Polk / Emilio Lamadrid.

    • Text
    • Altamira, Tamaulipas, México : Instituto de Estudio Superiores de Tamaulipas, 2012.
    • 2012
    • 2 Items
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    Text ReCAP 13-19728 v. 1Offsite
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    Text ReCAP 13-19728 v. 2Offsite
  • Slavemaster president [electronic resource] : the double career of James Polk / William Dusinberre.

    • Text
    • New York : Oxford University Press, 2007, c2003.
    • 2007-2003
    • 2 Resources

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