Polk, Josiah F., 1792-1860

Josiah F. Polk was an attorney, the son of Judge Gillis Polk of Somerset County, Maryland. He was twice elected to the Maryland legislature. Van Buren appointed him to the Census Bureau and we was a trustee of public schools for Washington D.C. He died on September 9, 1860 in Washington D.C.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 16, 1835]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, while he serves as one of Somerset County’s representatives to the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis. .