King family letters, 1831-1854.

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King family letters, 1831-1854.

Correspondence of members of the King family including Rufus, John, and Nehemiah F. King, containing chiefly discussions of family matters and questions of the day. Many of the letters were written from Europe.

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King family.

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King, Nehemiah F.

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King, Rufus, 1817-1891

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Lawyer and dean of the faculty at the Cincinnati College Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1843-1850. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865921 ...

King, John, 1938-....

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The identity of the author, John King, is uncertain. From the contents of the letter he is thought to be the second Baron of Ockham, Surrey (d. 1740). Lord King was the second of four children born to Peter King (1669-1734), the first Baron of Ockham and Lord Chancellor of England from 1725 to 1733. Peter King was also a member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The correspondent, John Chamberlayne, was born in 1666 near London to Edward Chamberlayne (1616...