Horatio C. King Collection, Circa 1850-1925. 3 document boxes (0.7 cubic feet).
ArMs 1977.195 & 1991.035
Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) was a prominent lawyer and politician, running for Secretary of State for New York as a Democrat in 1895, Congress as a member of the Sound Money Party in 1896, and Comptroller for the Progressive Party in 1912. He served as a Civil War officer in the Armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah from 1862-1865. He lived in Brooklyn Heights with his wife, Esther Augusta Howard, and their nine children. He was also a published writer of poetry and songs as well as a lecturer.
This collection is a loose assortment of items pertaining to Horatio C. King, Esther King (his wife), and Mary E. Hewitt, an American writer and poet who was the mother of King’s first wife, Emma. Content also relates to the Fort Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (of which Esther was a member), as well as King’s involvement with the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Association of the United States and the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
Access Points:
- King, Horatio C. (Horatio Collins), 1837-1918
- Hewitt, Mary E.
- King, Esther
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Association of the United States
- Army of the Potomac