James K. Polk and the Mystery of Amor Patriæ

Cohen, Michael David

doi:10.1162/TNEQ_a_00278

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June 01 2013

James K. Polk and the Mystery of Amor Patriæ

Michael David Cohen

Michael David Cohen is Assistant Research Professor of History and Assistant Editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His first book, Reconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War, was published in 2012 by the University of Virginia Press. The Correspondence of James K. Polk, vol. 12, January–July 1847, which he coedited with Tom Chaffin, will be published this year by the University of Tennessee Press.

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Michael David Cohen

Michael David Cohen is Assistant Research Professor of History and Assistant Editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His first book, Reconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War, was published in 2012 by the University of Virginia Press. The Correspondence of James K. Polk, vol. 12, January–July 1847, which he coedited with Tom Chaffin, will be published this year by the University of Tennessee Press.

Online ISSN: 1937-2213

Print ISSN: 0028-4866

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The New England Quarterly (2013) 86 (2): 266–292.

https://doi.org/10.1162/TNEQ_a_00278

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Between 1845 and 1858, a mysterious New Haven, Connecticut, resident wrote letters to President James K. Polk and proslavery pamphlets under the pseudonym “Amor Patriæ.” Probing his writings for clues, this essay unearths the author's identity and chronicles the busy life that gave rise to his views on slavery, religion, and education.

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