Notes

Collection: Leonidas Polk Family Papers

User	Note	Page	Work	Collection	Time
Swan	12/31/20 - This is my first translation. I do not know how to get to the second page to finish. Swam	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 02	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	about 4 years ago
Lane	James Theodore Holly was the first African-American bishop in the Protestant Episcopal church, and spent most of his episcopal career as missionary bishop of Haiti.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 44	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Page is blank.	3	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 44	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Third line: "Beulah" is written here but Col. Barney actually writes "Beula" on the second to the last line on Page 10.	9	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 43	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	The signature on Page 8 appears to be "J. L. Cabell"; James Lawrence Cabell was indeed a teacher at the University of Virginia in 1860, and a search for "J. A. Cambell University of Virginia 1860" yields no results.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 43	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
George	The deeds to the land making up the Domain of the University of the South were sent to Colonel Pollard for safe-keeping during the Civil War. Following the war, in 1866, Colonel Pollard sent the deeds to Mr. George R. Fairbanks. The land was the...	2	Polk Family Papers Box 10 Document 37	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Body of the letter, line 10: It is unclear if Otey intended to write "1700" or "1750" here. On Page 4, line 27, he clearly writes "1750."	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 41	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Page 2 seems to use the spelling "Shapard" in the original document instead of "Sheperd" used here.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 41	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	On Page 2, line 8 in the body of the letter, Hopkins mentions his receipt of Bishop Elliott's draft for "Five Hundred & fifty Dollars" (not $550,000 as stated on line 2 here).	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 40	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	No typed copy accompanies this set of Pages.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 40	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	There are just 4 pages of manuscript, no typed copy, linked to this document.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 29	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Second paragraph, first line: It is possible this refers to Paul Cameron. According to THE CAROLINA STORY: A Virtual Museum of University History (museum.unc.edu): "University trustee Paul Cameron was North Carolina's largest slaveholder in 1860 a...	3	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 20	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	Lines 11 & 12: It is likely that "Hopkins" refers to John Henry Hopkins, the 8th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. In 1851, Hopkins gave a lecture that was published as a pamphlet titled "Slavery: Its Religious Sanction, its Political Dang...	5	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 12	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	over 4 years ago
Lane	This is a typewritten copy of the handwritten text on Pages 4 and 5.	8	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This is a typewritten copy of the handwritten text on Pages 3 and 4.	7	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This is a typewritten copy of the handwritten text on Pages 2 and 3.	6	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	Text on this page corresponds to typewritten text on Page 6.	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	Text on this page corresponds to typewritten text on Pages 6 and 7.	3	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	Text on this page corresponds to typewritten text on Pages 7 and 8.	4	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	Text on this page corresponds to typewritten text on Page 8.	5	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 04	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the handwritten letter on Pages 4 and 6.	10	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the handwritten letter on Pages 3 and 5.	9	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the handwritten letter on Pages 2 and 3.	8	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the typed copy on Pages 8 and 9.	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the typed copy on Page 9.	3	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the typed copy on Pages 9 and 10.	4	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page corresponds to the typed copy on Page 10.	6	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	This page has a typed copy on Page 9. However this page's text proceeds from Page 3, not Page 4.	5	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 03	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	The text on this page does not follow chronologically the text from Page 5.	4	Polk Family Papers Box 6 Document 4	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation	Thanks for letting us know, Scott. I'll look into it!	5	Polk Family Papers Box 10 Document 11	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	It appears that the final page of this letter is missing.	5	Polk Family Papers Box 10 Document 11	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	There may be a missing paragraph or page beween the previous page and this one...the first line does not seem to align with the last line of the previous page.	7	Polk Family Papers Box 12 Document 9	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	$600,000 in 1860 would be worth approximately $18.7 million in 2020. $45,000 would be worth approxiomately $1.4 million today.	4	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 46-1	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	The Bishop's references to the wealth of the appointees calls to mind what would eventually be a part of the University Prayer: "Raise up we pray thee, a never-ending succession of benefactors..." Raising funds was an important responsibility of U...	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 46-1	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	12	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	11	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	10	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	9	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	8	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	7	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	6	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	5	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	4	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	3	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
swmdal	A transcription of the typed copy of this letter beings on Page 13.	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 25	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lane	The scan of this page is the same as the scan of Page 7.	8	Polk Family Papers Box 1 Document 3	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	almost 5 years ago
Lmeyers	Below the text is a photograph looking up at two men standing on scaffolding which is supporting multiple large bells.	7	Polk Family Papers Box 1 Document 14	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	about 5 years ago
swmdal	Since the text of this document has nothing to do with either Bishop Polk nor Sewanee, it is likely that it was included in Polk's papers because of the satirical cartoon of the Bishop astride a horse.	1	Polk Family Papers Box 1 Document 18	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	about 5 years ago
swmdal	Unfortunately, Bishop Polk's own handwriting is very difficult to read. This in turn makes it difficult to determine what the actual content of his letters may be.	2	Polk Family Papers Box 9 Document 21	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	about 5 years ago
swmdal	Perhaps the most interesting thing about this article is what it does not mention: Polk's substantial slave holdings in the years before the Civil War, including during his tenure as Bishop. By some estimates, he may have held as many as 400 slave...	1	Polk Family Papers Box 1 Document 8	Leonidas Polk Family Papers	about 5 years ago