The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King; Comprising His Letters, Private and Official, His Public Documents, and His Speeches Volume 4

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxxiii. Tudor to King--Carrying Ice to the W. Indies--Dr. Romeyn to King--Election as Manager of the American Bible Society--King to Romeyn--Declines the Office, though approving the Object of the Society--Action of the Episcopal Church to circulate the Bible with the Common Prayer Book--Gore to King--Pinckney to London to assist Monroe--King Receives Degree of ll.D. from Dartmouth, Williams, and Harvard Colleges--Trustee of Columbia College--S. Smith to King--Death of his Son--Tudor to King--Failure of Application relative to Ice Monopoly--Speculations on European Affairs--Williams to King--British and American Commissioners said to have made a Treaty--King on an Outrage against Personal Liberty, in the Case of Alexander, a Lawyer in N. Orleans arrested by Gen'l Wilkinson. Wm. Tudor, Jr., To R. King. Boston, June 12, 1806. Dear Sir: Expecting to embark in the course of ten days for England, I am very desirous to obtain some letters from you, of what kind and for what purpose I cannot better describe than by asking your indulgence while I retail as briefly as possible the motives of my voyage. About a year since my Brother & myself agreed to attempt to transport Ice to the West Indies. Various circumstances had for some time previous given rise to this scheme, and we gradually convinced ourselves that with proper precautions we might succeed.... It will be readily supposed that no small difficulty was encountered in persuading the Governments of the various colonies to listen to a plan considered at first as the wildest extravagance. Indeed I found but three persons in all the Islands I visited, who at the first moment embraced the idea and conceived it practicable. These were Genl. Ennouf, the Gov. of Endorsed, " Ans'd, ...