Julia King letters and clippings, 1930-1935.

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Julia King letters and clippings, 1930-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163567234

This collection consists primarily of letters from Julia King to Mrs. Vera Majette of St. Simons Island and concern the King family and criticisms of Fanny Kemble's Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839. The collection includes some genealogical information on the Williams, Butler, Maxwell, and Harden families; descriptions of the Pierce Butler house; and the creation of the steamboat.

3 folders (.25 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906663

Georgia Historical Society

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Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

King family.

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Harden, William, 1844-1936

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William Harden (1844-1936), historian and author, son of Edward Jenkins Harden (1813-1873), judge, both of Savannah, Georgia. From the description of William Harden family papers, 1826-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476420 William Harden was the son of Judge Edward Jenkins Harden (1813-1873); he was the disburser for Chatham County and a historian. He served throughout the Civil War, the latter part in the Signal Corps. He was the assistant librarian of the Georgia H...

Butler, Pierce, 1807-1867

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King, Julia, 1863-1952.

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Julia King was a descendant of Roswell King, the founder of Roswell, Georgia. She lived on Colonel's Island (formerly Bermuda) in Liberty County. She died at Kings Land on Merritt's Island in the St. John's River. From the description of Julia King letters and clippings, 1930-1935. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567234 ...