Title: Joseph Linn King Letter

Date/Date Range :   1846 June 4

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains one 1846 letter from Joseph Linn King to Reverend F.W. Porter, corresponding secretary of the American Sunday School Union. It acknowledges the receipt of five libraries and states to which schools those books went. It also requests that other publications be sent for distribution.

Call number: MS-2447

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased in June 2002.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Joseph Linn King Letter, MS-2447. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Joseph Linn King (b. 1810?) was founder of the King Printing Company, Knoxville mayor in 1846, co-organizer of the Knoxville and Charleston Railroad Co. in 1852, and Confederate soldier. With John H. Crozier and James M. Welcker, he purchased eight acres of land, which they deeded to the trustees of Gray Cemetery (now Old Gray Cemetery) after its incorporation in 1850. The three men were of the seven original members of the board of trustees for the cemetery, and King was secretary.

This collection contains one 1846 letter from Joseph Linn King to Reverend F.W. Porter, corresponding secretary of the American Sunday School Union. It acknowledges the receipt of five libraries and states to which schools those books went. It also requests that other publications be sent for distribution.

• King, Joseph Linn.
• American Sunday-School Union.