United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026King, Porter, 1824-18901856-10-06Porter King, lawyer, future judge and Perry County representative to the Alabama legislature, writes a letter dated to October 6, 1856 to his wife Callie King, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, informing her that he just got back from visiting cousin Mary Ann and mentioning conditions at home with the slaves and on the farm. He reports that he won three out of four of his state cases. In one case, Thomas Sanders, a friend of Joseph Troup Lumpkin, was fined $65.00.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/jpegjhl0061http://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 61, document jhl0061.Domestic lifeLawyers--AlabamaPlantation lifeAlabama--Social life and customs--19th centuryKing, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: [Marion, Alabama] to Callie [King], 1856 Oct. 6Text