William Rufus King official portrait
Washington City
22 February 1825
Dear Sir:
Genl. LaFayette leaves this City tomorrow on his southern Tour and expects to be at our State line on the Chattahoochee on the Twenty Seventh of March, at which place you will I presume cause him to be met, and arrangements made to take him on to Montgomery, which he expects to reach on the Thirtieth of the same month, at which time and place I suppose you will have a Steam Boat to convey him to Mobile where he hopes to be on the fourth of April. Thus you will see he allows himself but little time to pass through our State; he is compelled if practicable to be in Boston on the 17 of June, and to do so must hasten on without delay. I will recappitulate his Route. Leave the Chattahoochee on the 28 of March in the Morning reach Montgomery early on the 30, embark on the 31 be at Cahawba on the 1st April, leave Cahawba on the 2 and reach Mobile on the 4th. This is the plan circumstances may compell a change. I trust your agent will meet the Genl. in time to arrange his rout and give you information to enable you to take your measures to facilitate and accommodate him.
Your friend & Ob Ser
William R. King
His Excellency
Israel Pickens
SOURCE
The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer Issue 1955
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS – Volume I – IV: Four Volumes in One
The first four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book,
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation
From the time of the discovery of America restless, resolute, brave, and adventurous men and women crossed oceans and the wilderness in pursuit of their destiny. Many traveled to what would become the State of Alabama. They followed the Native American trails and their entrance into this area eventually pushed out the Native Americans. Over the years, many of their stories have been lost and/or forgotten. This book (four-books-in-one) reveals the stories published in volumes I-IV of the Alabama Footprints series.
