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Guide to the John Quincy Adams King Papers,
knu86SC33 Guide to the John Quincy Adams King Papers, 1847-1874 Lynne Hollingsworth Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Kentucky Historical Society n.d. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2000. ENG Guide to the John Quincy Adams King Papers, 1847-1874 Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Apex Data Services Copyright 1999 Kentucky Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. John Quincy Adams King Papers, 1847-1874 86SC33 King, John Quincy Adams, 1828-1880 1 folder,.1 c.f. Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 These papers were donated by Mrs. Edward Fieldhauser, who apparently was King's daughter. Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. For microfilmed copies see Clift number(s): 0200, 0528, 0698 Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], John Quincy Adams King Papers, 86SC33,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. John Quincy Adams King was born in Burksville (or Burkesville), Kentucky May 28, 1828. King was an attorney who won election to both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly while living in Paducah. He served as Speaker of the state House of Representatives in the 1850s. He therefore became acting lieutenant governor in 1858 when James G. Hardy, the incumbent under Governor Charles Morehead, died. King married Leann Sophia King (1833-1910). He died at his home in Denver, Colorado, in 1880. The collection includes miscellaneous business papers, which belonged to King. There is also a certificate issued and signed by Governor Preston H. Leslie in 1874 naming King as a delegate to a national convention to be held in Louisville to consider moving the national capital from Washington, D.C. to a new location in the valley of the Mississippi River. Another subgroup contains papers regarding the estate of William Cottrell, in which King was apparently involved as an attorney. An indenture between Thomas Mitchell and Rachel Stannard of Fulton County, Kentucky for land in that county is also present. This document, also, presumably is connected to King's law practice. Arrangement: Collection is arranged in chronological order. Variant Name: John Q.A. King, Papers Creator's Occupation: Attorney, State Legislator, Speaker, State House of Representatives, acting Lieutenant Governor County: Cumberland; Fulton; McCracken King, John Quincy Adams, --1828-1880 -- Archives Lawyers -- Kentucky -- McCracken County Cottrell, William, --d. ca. 1812 -- Estate Deeds -- Kentucky -- Fulton County United States -- Capital and capitol