Front MatterSource: Tennessee Historical Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 4 (JANUARY, 1922)Published by: Tennessee Historical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42637989 .

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Entered as second-class matter, July 1 1915, at the Post Office at Nashville, Tenn., under Act of Congress, August 14, 1912.

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THE TENNESSEE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FOUNDED 1849 INCORPORATKB 187C5

OFFICERS

President , JOHN H. DEWITT.

Vice-Presidents, E. T. SANFORD,

PARK MARSHALL, C. P. J. MOONEY, Mrs. B. D. BELL.

Recording Secretary A. P. FOSTER.

Assistant Recording Secretary HALLU1M W. GOODLOE.

Corresponding Secretary W. A. PROVINE.

Treasurer , J. TYREE FAIN.

FORM OF LEGACY

"I give amd bequsath U x The Tennessee Historical Society the sum of dollars"

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CONTENTS

PAGE "Who is James K. Polk?" 235

By Thomas Robson Hay. Governor Joseph Duncan of Illinois 243

By Elizabeth Duncan Putnam. The Economa and Social Beginnings of Tennessee 251

By Albert C. Holt , Ph.D. Historical News and Notes 313 Items from the Minutes of the Tennessee Historical Society.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION

Dr. William A. Provine, Editor , Presbyterian Building, Nashville, Tenn.

John H. DeWitt, L.L.D., Business Manager , Stahlman, Building, Nashville, Tenn.

J. Tyree Fain, Treasurer, 200 3rd Ave., N., Nashville, Tenn.

Neither the Society nor the Editor assumes responsibility for the statements or the opinions of contributors.

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