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Sarah Polk: Gas Lighting
Sarah Childress Polk was FLOTUS in the mid-1840s – a time of major technical and industrial advances. Technology, Circa 1840s When James and Sarah Polk were in the White House (1845-49), the country had grown enormously. Between 1830 and 1840, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James K. Polk, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, early Washington DC history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Sarah Polk, history, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, President James Knox Polk, Presidential history, Sarah Polk, The Monroe candelabra, US history, White House history
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