Scope and Content Note for the Addition to the Collection
The Additions series to the papers of Zachary Taylor spans the years 1820-1863. With the exception of a letter written by Judah P. Benjamin to Taylor's son, Robert, correspondence in the 1984 Addition contains letters written by Zachary Taylor to John J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, Daniel Parker, E. P. Prentice, John C. Spencer, Elizabeth L. Taylor, and Hancock Taylor. The 1984 Addition also contains photocopies of Taylor's will and testament. The 2014 Addition contains one original and one copy of letters written by Taylor to Thomas W. Ringgold, the overseer of Taylor's plantation "Cypress Grove." Also in the 2014 Addition is an 1863 engraved portrait of Taylor in military uniform.