King, John Glen, 1787-1857
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King, J. G. (John Glen), 1787-1857
King, Jno. Glen, 1787-1857
King, John, 1787-1857
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found: Salem Dispensary. Regulations of the Salem Dispensary, 1820:t.p. (John Glen King, secretary)
found: Appletons' cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1888(King, John Glen; lawyer, member of Mass. legislature, first pres. Salem, Mass., Common Council; Harvard class of 1807; b. 19 March 1787; d. 26 July 1857)
found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: King, John Glen, 1787-1857; usage: John Glen King; J.G. King)
found: Hugo, Argentinensis. Incipit prologus in compendium theolo[gi]ce veritatis, not before 1481(name not given; inscription in NN copy: "Jno. Glen King's, 1827")
found: Upham, William P. "Memoir of the Hon. John Glen King, A.M.," in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, v. 18 (1880-1881), pages 37-40, via Google Books, May 17, 2017:page 37 (born Salem, March 19, 1787; died Salem, July 26, 1857; baptismal name was John King, changed by act of the legislature, June 21, 1811, to John Glen King; studied at Harvard College; established law office in Salem on corner of Essex and Washington Streets, 1811, and continued there until his death; member of the Essex Bar; member of both branches of the state legislature and of the Executive Council; one of the founders of the Essex Historical Society (afterwards Essex Institute); "pre-eminently a scholar, and his love of literature and of books was well known to his contemporaries. His well-selected library was to him a constant source of pleasure and recreation"; chosen a member of the Historical Society in June 1835)
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1998-12-16: new
2017-05-18: revised
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