BIB_ID
361916
Accession number
MA 3260.52
Creator
King, John Alsop, 1788-1867.
Display Date
1828 Mar. 31.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Rufus and Mary King to their son Frederic Gore King. Letters are described in individual records; please see collection record for MA 3260 for more details.
Provenance
Gertrude W. Dennis.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of Frederic's letters from Gibraltar and Pisa; announcing the birth of his son and telling him that they intend to call him Frederick "in honor of his absent uncle"; giving news of his family and Frederic's brothers; sharing gossip about their friends; mentioning [Andrew] Jackson; alluding to the settlement of their father's estate [Rufus King].
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