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Box 3005

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Envelopes

 File — Box: 3005, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers include accounts, notes, receipts, legal documents, inventories, books, a diary, a speech, a family tree and miscellaneous items relating to the family.The King Family Papers reveal that Elisha F. King was a successful entrepreneur and multi-plantation owner. At his death he passed these good fortunes on to his only living child, Edwin W. King.In 1852 when Edwin W. King assumed the management of his father's estate, he became one of the wealthiest men in...
Dates: 1803-1894