United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917King, Porter, 1824-18901887-03-10This letter, possibly dated March 10, 1854, written by Porter King, lawyer, future judge and Perry County representative to the Alabama legislature, to his wife Callie King, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, deals with several items. First, King requests that Callie should choose a plot of land. He presents her a grid of the land. In his second order of business, King explains to his wife that he has been called to attend a council meeting that night. He tells Callie that if she decides to come to town to spend the night with him, to bring him a clean shirt for the morning. He also says he is sending her a present of cologne.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO.image/jpegjhl0057http://american-south.org/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857), box 1, folder 57, document jhl0057.City councils--Alabama--MarionReal propertyKing, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: [Marion, Alabama] to Callie [King, 1887?] Mar. 10Text