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Porter King, lawyer, future judge and Perry County representative to the Alabama legislature, writes a letter dated February 20, 1853 from home, Marion, Alabama to his wife Callie in Athens, Georgia. This letter contains two parts. In the first section, King expresses his love and informs Callie that he deeply misses her and their son, Paul. He also reports that he is having company spend the night and that earlier in the day he and Thomas Walthall rode over to check on the health of their friend's wife. In the second section, King informs Callie that he will be working on ditching in the morning and that Booker, one of Porter's slaves, inquires after her. He reminisces about their marriage day. He also mentions that Mrs. Perkins daughter is threatened by total blindness and will be treated in New Orleans.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.

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Hargrett Library

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Digital Library of Georgia