United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026King, Porter, 1824-18901856-10-19On October 19, 1856, while travelling in a stagecoach to Selma, Alabama, Porter King, lawyer, future judge and Perry County representative to the Alabama legislature, writes a letter to his wife Callie King, daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin. King expresses his concern for their son Joseph. Callie and Joseph are in Athens, Georgia during Joseph's illness. King reports that while on his travels, he met Miss Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Price in [Union Point, Georgia?], and that they will continue together on the stage to Selma.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/jpegjhl0062http://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 62, document jhl0062.Domestic lifeInfants--Health and hygieneLawyers--AlabamaKing, Porter, 1824-1890--JourneysKing, Callie, 1826-1905Letter: to Callie [King], Athens, [Georgia], 1856 Oct. 19Text