T. Butler King papers, 1845-1851.

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T. Butler King papers, 1845-1851.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173862958

The collection consists of the papers of Thomas Butler King from 1845-1851. The papers include correspondence which concern routine business and personal matters while King was a U.S. Congressman and port collector of San Francisco; a newspaper clippings, and a biographical sketch of King.

.125 linear ft. (1 partial box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler), 1800-1864

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Thomas Butler King, legislator, planter, and politician, was born August 27, 1800, in Palmer, Massachusetts, and died May 10, 1864, in Waynesboro, Georgia. He migrated to Glynn County, Georgia (1820s), married Anna Matilda Page of St. Simons Island (1824), and had three prosperous plantations by the mid 1830s. King was elected a Georgia senator from Glynn County (1832, 1859), and a United States Congressman (1838, 1840, 1844, 1846); was sent to California by President Taylor to urge the formatio...