
Polk Dresser
A piece with significance not only to Belmont, but also to Nashville, the state of Tennessee, and the nation as a whole has recently been returned to Belmont Mansion; the dresser of James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States. Adelicia shared a long friendship with Mrs. Polk. In fact, Adelicia's 1849 wedding to Joseph Acklen was the last public event President Polk attended before he died of cholera a few weeks leter. Mrs. Lattie Brown, a direct descendant of Adel