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1841,

April 7

Bishop Polk, Bayou La Fourche, La., to his sister, Susan Polk, re: comments
about his brother, George, and his marriage; his trips to the river with his
brother, Lucius, for the purpose of examining lands in the sugar region,
describing the country; his impatience to get home again; news about his
children and the plantation. 4 pp. ( 1 mss. original, 1 typed copy).