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File Name	Q12503 - Q12505
Item Title	Letter from William Rufus King to his brother, Thomas.
Description	In the letter King discusses his business and the settlement of his father's estate, and he gives his views on the activities of the "fire eaters": "I addressed the people at Cahawba last week, and I think I succeeded in opening the eyes of many worthy men, who had been misled by bold assertion, and exagerated [sic] statements in which these self constituted defenders of Southern rights have so constantly indulged. But much as I disapprove of the course these men have taken, I may find myself before many months standing with them shoulder to shoulder in defense of our constitutional rights; if indeed they are found to be as brave when the evil day actually arrives, as they now profess to be when they know it is distant, and may never come at all. The preservation of the Union is in the hands of the North. They have already filled the cup of forbearance, another drop will cause it to overflow, and this great, free and prosperous government of ours will be swept away by the flood, leaving nothing but wrecks behind. God grant that we may be saved from such a melancholy fate."
Date	1850 November 21
Sort by date	1850-11-21
Time Period	1850-1859
Subject	King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853 King, Thomas D. (Thomas Devane), 1779-1854 Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865 Business & finance--Alabama Estates--Alabama Inheritance and succession--Alabama Legislation--United States Secession--Southern States Slavery--Southern States States' rights (American politics) United States--Politics and government--1783-1865
Format	Correspondence
Voyager Number	v24740
Author	King, William R.
Collection or Series Title	William R. King family papers
Box Number	LPR146, Box 1
Folder Number	3
Folder Title	Letters, 1826-1852
Catalog Record	http://adahcat.archives.alabama.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=24740
Repository	Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language	English
Rights	This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.;
Digital Format	600 dpi tiff
Project Name	Alabama History Education Initiative
Digital image reproduction form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/private2.pdf
Date created	2009-06-25

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