JAMES KNOX POLK ZACHARY TAYLOR From the paintings by G. P. A. Healy, in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington. VOLUME THIRTEEN THE GROWTH OF THE NATION, 1837 TO 1860 BY ENOCH WALTER SIKES, PH. D. Author of: From Colony to Commonwealth; Nathanael Macon; James Iredell; Talleyrand the Diplomat; The Confederate Congress, etc., e AND WILLIAM MORSE KEENER, LL. B. Associate editor of McSherry's History of Maryland. etc. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS, PHILADELPHIA A |