", ▁who ▁was ▁" att ract ive ▁in ▁face , ▁manner ▁and ▁figure , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁fine ▁music ian ". ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁intellig ent : ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁King ▁was ▁born ▁Elizabeth ▁Lloyd ▁King ▁in ▁P ly mouth , ▁Massachusetts ▁to ▁Isaac ▁B . ▁King ▁and ▁Har ri et ▁A . ▁Ho yt , ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁older ▁sister . ▁She ▁was ▁described ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁normal ▁child hood , ▁for ▁which ▁her ▁mother ▁could ▁not ▁recall ▁King ▁as ▁having ▁" ever ▁said ▁an ▁im mod est ▁word ". ▁After ▁pub ert y , ▁" she ▁grew ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁un natural ▁and ▁ ▁strange ", ▁and ▁led ▁a ▁trouble d ▁youth , ▁leaving ▁and ▁returning ▁to ▁school ▁at ▁her ▁wh im . ▁When ▁in ▁school , ▁she ▁did ▁well ▁in ▁her ▁studies . ▁ ▁She ▁left ▁home ▁shortly ▁after ward . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 7 , ▁a ▁prob ate ▁court ▁in ▁Boston ▁committed ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁Ta un ton ▁L un atic ▁As yl um , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁she ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Alice ▁Howard . ▁Her ▁att ending ▁phys ician ▁was ▁N orton ▁F ols om , ▁who ▁indicated ▁the ▁" form ▁of ▁her ▁disease ▁was ▁man ia , ▁which ▁was ▁manif ested ▁by ▁excitement , ▁ir as ci b ility , ▁in co her ence ▁of ▁speech ▁and ▁violent ▁conduct ", ▁and ▁that ▁her ▁condition ▁was ▁" ca used ▁by ▁some ▁disease ▁peculiar ▁to ▁females ". ▁He ▁indicated ▁that ▁by