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President-Elect Polk anxiously queries his tailor about a cloak and suit of clothes – assumedly to be worn at his inauguration - that has yet to arrive. He asks that they be sent as soon as they are ready. He would leave for Washington less than three weeks later.
Autograph Letter Signed, as President-Elect, 1 page, quarto, Columbia [Tennessee], January 9, 1845. To his tailor, Mr. Purdy, in Nashville.
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Dear Sir:
My cloak and suit of clothes which you promised to send out by Tuesday's stage have not yet been received.-- Will you send them out as soon as they are ready?
Yours Respectfully,
JAMES K. POLK
Columbia Jan[uar]y 9th 1845--
Mr Purdy
Merchant Tailor
Nashville
My cloak and suit of clothes which you promised to send out by Tuesday's stage have not yet been received.-- Will you send them out as soon as they are ready?
Yours Respectfully,
JAMES K. POLK
Columbia Jan[uar]y 9th 1845--
Mr Purdy
Merchant Tailor
Nashville
