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Wood, Leonora Whitaker, 1891-. Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

Title: Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

Essays by and research materials of local historian Leonora W. Wood of Keyser, W. Va., chiefly concerning Hampshire and Mineral counties, W. Va. Biographical subjects include Margaret Brent, John Champe, Michael Cresap, Andrew Summers Rowan, James Rumsey, and George Washington. Geographic subjects include Bath (now Berkeley Springs), Capon Springs, Devil's Garden, Fort Ashby, Fort Edwards, Keyser, Harpers Ferry, Ice Mountain, Morefield, New Creek, Old Fields, Ridgeville, Smoke Hole, and other places, chiefly in Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton, and Mineral counties, W. Va., and Fort Ohio, Cumberland, Md. Topical subjects include the Civil War skirmish over the railroad bridge at Bloomington, W. Va. (May 5, 1864), folk music, the New Creek Company of Philadelphia (a land development company), the Ohio Company, the Old Northwest Turnpike (now U.S. Highway 50), and tournaments.

ArchivalResource: 79 items.

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Thomas, Francis, 1799-1876. Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, to Isaac Newton, 1862 Mar. 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, to Isaac Newton, 1862 Mar. 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3/4 p.)

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895. Papers of Charles Lanman, 1823-1868.

Title: Charles Lanman papers

Charles Lanman (1819-1895) was the compiler of the Dictionary of the United States Congress (1859). His papers consist of autobiographies assembled between 1823 and 1868 in preparation for that work.

ArchivalResource: 0.50 linear feet

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858,. Letters of James McDowell and Thomas Hart Benton, 1846, n.d.

Title: Letters of James McDowell and Thomas Hart Benton, 1846, n.d.

In a letter, 1846 November 1, to an unnamed correspondent [Philip R. Fendall?] McDowell reports that he and his daughter Sally McDowell Thomas have been summoned as witnesses in an indictment against Dr. [William] Tyler and have been subpoenaed to bring a letter from himself to William H. Richardson regarding Francis Thomas's separation from Sally and charges against her. McDowell has received a letter from Thomas, speculates on Thomas's true motive in the case against Tyler and notes that he may need Fendall's help. In a letter, March 25, n.y., to Fendall, which may relate to the above scandal Thomas Hart Benton transmits a letter (not present) written by the Marshall of the State of Missouri for a handwriting comparison. In the letter Benton mentions James H. Relfe, the brother-in-law of Lewis F. Linn with whom Sally was accused of having had an affair.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Halsey, Edmund Tryon, 1850-1907, collector. Edmund T. Halsey Collection, 1771-1902.

Title: Edmund T. Halsey Collection, 1771-1902.

Collection of papers compiled by Halsey regarding the allied Thompson, Wallace, Hart, Taylor, and Vance families of Kentucky. Correspondence, 1771-1886, of the Nathaniel and Susanna Hart family, George Claiborne and Sarah Simpson Hart Thompson family, Arthur Hooe and Letitia P. Hart Wallace family, and William L. and Letitia Thompson Vance family discussing routine business matters; plantation activities; slaves; business; the Civil War, and local affairs. Also included are copies of Hart family Bible records; Hart family genealogical records; and a copy of an 1846 resolution of the Kentucky legislature replacing Jack Hart's (Nathaniel Hart's slave) rifle which was lost at the Battle of Blue Licks. Also includes a small group of John Jay Halsey papers, 1847-1849, includes letters, commissions, etc. regarding the Mexican War.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 cubic ft.

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895. Papers of Charles Lanman, 1823-1868.

Title: Charles Lanman papers

Charles Lanman (1819-1895) was the compiler of the Dictionary of the United States Congress (1859). His papers consist of autobiographies assembled between 1823 and 1868 in preparation for that work.

ArchivalResource: 0.50 linear feet

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Benton, Thos. H. (Thomas Hart), 1816-1879. Letters, 1843-1845.

Title: Letters, 1843-1845.

Benton's 8 July 1843 letter of introduction to Colonel John Abert for Robert Campbell. Campbell was in Washington to collect debts owed him from the federal government for his backing of the Fremont expedition. A 7 November 1845 letter to Mrs. Sally Thomas regarding the divorce of Maryland governor Francis Thomas from Sallie (McDowell) Thomas, niece of Mrs. Benton.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Macgill, Charles. Papers, 1793-1906 ; (bulk 1830-1878).

Title: Papers, 1793-1906 ; (bulk 1830-1878).

Correspondence and other papers (chiefly 1830-1878) of Macgill and of his family. The papers pertain to Macgill's political activities, especially as an elector for Martin Van Buren (1836), naval activities at Vera Cruz (1847), Macgill's professional activities (1850s), his Confederate sympathies and his imprisonment for them (1861-1862), his tobacco business in Richmond after the war, and his trial by the Richmond Academy of Medicine for a minor breach in professional ethics. Includes correspondence with Francis Thomas, Maryland legislator and governor, relating to politics and to Thomas' marital troubles.

ArchivalResource: 1,038 items.

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Wood, Leonora Whitaker, 1891-. Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

Title: Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

Essays by and research materials of local historian Leonora W. Wood of Keyser, W. Va., chiefly concerning Hampshire and Mineral counties, W. Va. Biographical subjects include Margaret Brent, John Champe, Michael Cresap, Andrew Summers Rowan, James Rumsey, and George Washington. Geographic subjects include Bath (now Berkeley Springs), Capon Springs, Devil's Garden, Fort Ashby, Fort Edwards, Keyser, Harpers Ferry, Ice Mountain, Morefield, New Creek, Old Fields, Ridgeville, Smoke Hole, and other places, chiefly in Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton, and Mineral counties, W. Va., and Fort Ohio, Cumberland, Md. Topical subjects include the Civil War skirmish over the railroad bridge at Bloomington, W. Va. (May 5, 1864), folk music, the New Creek Company of Philadelphia (a land development company), the Ohio Company, the Old Northwest Turnpike (now U.S. Highway 50), and tournaments.

ArchivalResource: 79 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30531590 View