Lot 599
Polk, James K. Document signed as Governor of Tennessee, 1 page, 10¾ x 8¾ in., Nashville, Feb. 17, 1840. Written on heavy cream paper. Countersigned by John S. Young, Secretary of State. Great Seal of the State of Tennessee is affixed at lower left. Tape remnants on verso, otherwise fine condition. Boldly signed at lower right.
Governor Polk orders "the President & Directors of the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Road to erect two toll Gates on the seven miles of said Road…one of which shall not be nearer than two miles of the Town of Franklin and the other not nearer than five miles of the said first Gate…."
Polk served as governor of Tennessee from 1829 to 1841 and was elected President in 1844. Under his administration, Texas was admitted to the Union (1845), the U.S. acquired California and New Mexico through the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, and the Oregon Treaty of 1846 settled a boundary dispute with England.
Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,300.
Joseph L. Baldwin Collection; purchased from Jefferson Rarities, November 25, 1992.
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