See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

KNOX See also:

• JAMES KNOX POLK (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

POLK (179 1849)  , See also:

• ELEVENTH

eleventh See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina, on the 2nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1795 . In iSo6 he crossed the mountains with his parents and settled in what is now See also:

• MAURY, LOUIS FERDINAND ALFRED (1817–1892)
• MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE (1806-1873)

Maury county, See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee . He graduated from the university of North Carolina in 1815, studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• FELIX
• FELIX, ANTONIUS
• FELIX, LIA (1830– )

Felix See also:

• GRUNDY, MRS
• GRUNDY, SYDNEY (1848– )

Grundy (1777–184o) at See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville in 1819–182o, was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1820, and began to practise in See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, the county-seat of Maury county . After two years of service (1823–1825) in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, he represented the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth Tennessee See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National House of Representatives from 1825 to 1839 . In the party conflicts which succeeded the presidential See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1824 he sided with the See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson-See also:

• VAN

Van Buren See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction, and soon became recognized as See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Democratic forces . He was See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker from 1835 until 1839, when he retired from See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress to become See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Tennessee . His See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1839–1841) was successful, but he was unable to overcome the popular Whig See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and was defeated in 1841 and again in 1843 . When the Democratic national See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention met in See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore in 1844 he was mentioned as a possible See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, but was suddenly brought forward as a " dark See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse " and selected to See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head the See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket . Finding it impossible under the two-thirds See also:

• RULE

rule to nominate their candidate, the followers of Van Buren brought forward See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk, who was popularin the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to defeat See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• CASS, LEWIS (1782–1866)

Cass and See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft, the historian, has asserted that this See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion came originally from him, and See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon J . See also:

• PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion)

Pillow, Polk's intimate friend, did much to bring about the nomination . The unequivocal stand of Polk and his party in favour of the immediate See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

• TEXAS

Texas and the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a vigorous policy in See also:

• OREGON

Oregon contrasted favourably with the timid vacillations of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay and the Whigs .

Polk was elected, receiving 170 electoral votes to 105 for his opponent Clay . In forming his See also:

• CABINET

cabinet he secured the services of James Buchanan of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, as secretary of state, See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert J . See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker of See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, as secretary of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William L . See also:

• MARCY, WILLIAM LEARNED (1786-1857)

Marcy of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, as secretary of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and George Bancroft, then of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, as secretary of the See also:

• NAVY

navy.' There is no doubt that each of these men, and Bancroft in particular, influenced the policy of the administration, yet the historian James See also:

• SCHOULER, JAMES (1839— )

Schouler, who has made a careful study of the Polk papers, is doubtless correct in saying that the president himself was " the framer of the public policy which he carried into so successful See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, and that instead of being led (as many might have imagined) by the more famous statesmen of his administration and party who surrounded him, he in reality led and shaped his own executive course." See also:

• BAN

Ban-'See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

croft's See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion is that Polk was " prudent, See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat-sighted, bold, exceeding any Democrat of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in his undeviatingly correct exposition of Democratic principles." The four See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief events of President Polk's administration were the final See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent treasury See also:

• SYSTEM

system, the reduction of the See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff by the Walker See also:

• BILL

Bill of 1846, the See also:

• ADJUSTMENT (from late Lat. ad juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from justus, right)

adjustment of the Oregon boundary dispute with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain by the treaty concluded on the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1846, and the war with See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and the consequent acquisition of territory in the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and west . The first three of these were recommended in his first See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message, and he privately announced to Bancroft his determination to seize See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California . The independent treasury See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan originated during Van Buren's administration as a Democratic measure; it had been repealed by the Whigs in 1841, and was now re-enacted . Protectionists contend that the tariff legislation of 1846 was in See also:

• DIRECT

direct violation of a See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge given to the Democrats of Pennsylvania in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter written by Polk during the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John K . See also:

• KANE
• KANE, ELISHA KENT (1820–1857)

Kane of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia . Briefly summarized, this letter approves of a tariff for See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue with incidental See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, whereas the annual message of the 2nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 111845 criticizes the whole theory of protection and urges the adoption of a revenue tariff just sufficient to meet the needs of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government conducted on an economical basis . It is difficult to determine whether this was always his See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of incidental protection, or whether his views were changed after 1844 through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Walker and the example set by See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel in Great Britain, or whether he was simply " playing politics " to secure the protectionist See also:

• VOTE

vote in Pennsylvania . The one overshadowing issue of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, however, was territorial expansion . Polk was an ardent expansionist, but the old idea that his policy was determined entirely by a See also:

• DESIRE

desire i to advance the interests of See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery is no longer accepted .

As a 1 See also:

• MATTER

matter of fact he was personally in favour of insisting upon 540 40' as the boundary in Oregon, and threw upon Congress the responsibility for accepting 490 as the boundary, and he approved the acquisition of California, See also:

• UTAH

Utah and New Mexico, territory from which slavery was excluded by See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical and See also:

• CLIMATIC

climatic conditions . Furthermore a study of his See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript See also:

• DIARY

diary now shows that he opposed the efforts of Walker and Buchanan in the Cabinet, and of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel S . See also:

• DICKINSON, ANNA ELIZABETH (1842– )
• DICKINSON, JOHN (1732–1808)

Dickinson (1800–1866) of New York and See also:

• EDWARD

Edward A . Hannegan (d . 1859) of See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana, in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, to retain the whole of Mexico, territory in which slavery might have thrived . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• TERM

term (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 4, 1849) Polk retired to his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in Nashville, Tennessee, where he died on the 15th of the following June . ' Bancroft served until See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1846, when he was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He was succeeded as secretary of the navy by John J . See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason, who had previously held the office of See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See John S . See also:

• JENKINS, ROBERT (fl. 1731-1745)
• JENKINS, SIR LEOLINE (1623-1685)

Jenkins, James See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox Polk (See also:

• AUBURN
• AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)

Auburn and See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo, 1850), and L . B . See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Polk Administration (New York, 185o), both of which contain some documentary material, but are not discriminating in their method of treatment .

George Bancroft contributed a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch to J . G . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson's Presidents of the United States (New York, 2nd ed., 1894) . He made copies of the Polk See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts and was working upon a detailed See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography at the time of his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1891 . These copies, now deposited in the See also:

• LENOX

Lenox Library, New York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City, contain a diary in 24 typewritten volumes, besides some See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence and other private papers . They have been used by James Schouler in his See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Briefs (New York, 1896), and by E . G . See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

Bourne in an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article entitled " The Proposed Absorption of Mexico in 1847–1848," published in the Annual See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Historical Association for 1899, i . 157–169 (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1900) . Bourne discusses the See also:

• PART

part which Polk took in preventing the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete absorption of Mexico . See also the Diary of James K . Polk .

. . . 1845 to 1849 (See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, 4 vols., 1910), edited by M . M . Quaife . (W . R .