See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

RUFUS See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• RUFUS KING (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

KING (1755–1827)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1755 at See also:

• SCARBOROUGH

Scarborough, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, then a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . He graduated at Harvard in 1777, read See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• NEWBURYPORT

Newburyport, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., with See also:

• THEOPHILUS

Theophilus See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

Parsons, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1780 . He served in the Massachusetts See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court in 1783–1784 and in the See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress in 1784–1787 . During these See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical years he adopted the " states' rights " attitude . It was largely through his efforts that the General Court in 1784 rejected the See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment to the Articles of Confederation authorizing Congress to See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy a 5% See also:

• IMPOST (through the O. Fr. from Lat. impositum, a thing laid upon another; the modern French is impot)

impost . He was one of the three Massachusetts delegates in Congress in 1785 who refused to See also:

• PRESENT

present the See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution of the General Court proposing a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention to amend the articles . He was also out of sympathy with the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at See also:

• ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis in 1786 . He did See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service, however, in opposing the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1787 See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King was moved by the See also:

• SHAYS, DANIEL (1747–1825)

Shays See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion and by the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton to take a broader view of the general situation, and it was he who introduced the resolution in Congress, on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1787, sanctioning the See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia constitutional convention . In the convention he supported the large-See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state party, favoured a strong executive, advocated the suppression of the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and opposed the counting of slaves in determining the See also:

• APPORTIONMENT
• APPORTIONMENT (Fr. apportionement; Med. Lat. apportionamentum; derived from Lat. portio, share)

apportionment of representatives . In 1788 he was one of the most influential members of the Massachusetts convention which ratified the Federal Constitution . He married See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• ALSOP, VINCENT (c. 163o—1703)

Alsop (1769–1819) of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1786 and removed to that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in 1788 .

He was elected a member of the New York See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1789, and at a See also:

• SPECIAL

special session of the legislature held in See also:

• JULY

July of that See also:

• YEAR

year was chosen one of the first representatives of New York in the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . In this See also:

• BODY

body he served in 1789–1796, supported Hamilton's See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• MEASURES

measures, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation and the See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay Treaty, and became one of the recognized leaders of the Federalist party . He was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain in 1796–1803 and again in 1825–1826, and was the Federalist See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in 1804 and 18o8, and for president in 1816, when he received 34 electoral votes to 183 See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast for See also:

• MONROE
• MONROE, JAMES (1758-1831)

Monroe . He was again returned to the Senate in 1813, and was re-elected in 1819 as the result of a struggle between the See also:

• VAN

Van Buren and See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton factions of the Democratic–Republican party . In the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

Compromise debates he supported the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main, but for constitutional reasons voted against the second clause of the Tallmadge Amendment providing that all slaves born in the state after its See also:

• ADMISSION

admission into the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union should be See also:

• FREE

free at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-five years . He died at See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1827 . The See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

Rufus King, begun about 185o by his son, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles King, was completed by his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Charles R . King, and published in six volumes (New York, 1894-1900) . Rufus King's son, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN ALSOP KING (1788–1867), was educated at See also:

• HARROW

Harrow and in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, served in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1812 as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• COMPANY

company, and was a member of the New York Assembly in 1819–1821 and of the New York Senate in 1823 . When his See also:

• FATHER

father was sent as minister to Great Britain in 1825 he accompanied him as secretary of the American See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation, and when his father returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health he remained as See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge d'affaires until See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1826 . He was a member of the New York Assembly again in 1832 and in 184o, was a Whig representative in Congress in 1849–1851, and in 1857–1859 was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New York State . He was a prominent member of the Republican party, and in 1861 was a delegate to the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference in Washington .

Another son, CHARLES KING (1789–1867), was also educated abroad, was See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of a volunteer See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in the early part of the war of 1812, and served in 1814 in the New York Assembly, and after working for some years as a journalist was president of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1849–1864 . A third son, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• GORE
• GORE, CATHERINE GRACE FRANCES (1799-1861)
• GORE, CHARLES (1853– )

GORE KING (1791-1853), was an assistant See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general in the war of 1812, was a banker in See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and afterwards in New York, and was president of the New York & See also:

• ERIE

Erie railroad until 1837, when by his visit to See also:

• LONDON

London he secured the See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan to American bankers of £I,000,000 from the See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of the See also:

• BANK

Bank of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1849–1851 he was a representative in Congress from New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey . Charles King's son, RuFus KING (1814–1876), graduated at the U.S . Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1833, served for three years in the engineer See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and, after resigning from the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, became assistant engineer of the New York & Erie railroad . He was adjutant-general of New York state in 1839–1843, and became a brigadier-general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers in the Union army in 1861, commanded a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia in 1862–1863, and, being cornpelled by ill health to resign from the army, was U.S. minister to the Papal States in 1863–1867 . His son, CHARLES KING (b . 1844), served in the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery until 1870 and in the cavalry until 1879; he was appointed brigadier-general U.S . Volunteers in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish War in 1898, and served in the Philippines . He wrote Famous and Decisive Battles (1884), Campaigning with Crook (189o), and many popular romances of military life .