Letters are generally about family matters and personal business. Those from John Randolph include some descriptions of political life in Washington. Folder 1 Subseries 1.2. Mary Eastin Polk Correspondence 1821, 1829-1844, and undated. About 20 items.
Letters are generally about family life and personal business.
They also include descriptions of Andrew Jackson's 1829 arrival in Washington, and letters from Jackson to Polk about health and family matters, 1841. Folder 2 Subseries 1.3. Edward Dillon Correspondence 1859-1863. About 10 items. Early letters describe his experiences in the U.S. Army in northern California at the Round Valley Indian Reservation and Fort Bragg.