Inventory of the William R. King Letters, 1825; 1849
Collection Number 2600-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853.
- Title
- William R. King Letters, 1825; 1849.
- Call Number
- 2600-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 2 items.
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the William R. King Letters, #2600-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865.
- King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853.
- Military pensions--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Womack, John W., fl. 1831-1860.
Biographical Note
William Rufus De Vane King, United States senator from Alabama, who was later elected vice president of the United States.
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Letters from King: one, 1825, is to the secretary of the treasury concerning a pension for a Revolutionary War soldier; the other, 1849, is to John W. Womack, legislator, judge, and planter of Eutaw, Ala., commenting on the most recent session of Congress and on Alabama politics.