Papers, 1792-1894; (bulk 1845-1888).

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Papers, 1792-1894; (bulk 1845-1888).

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Personal and political papers discussing the Republican Party in West Virginia; elections of 1870, 1886, and 1888; the Flick Amendment abolishing the test oaths as a basis for West Virginia citizenship; the taking of the tenth U.S. Census in West Virginia; Democratic Party methods; the Republican-Greenback-Labor Party ticket in the campaign of 1880; and Flick's career as U.S. District Attorney for West Virginia, beginning in 1881. Family letters describe life in Nebraska in the 1870s and 1880s, a visit to Berkeley Springs, and student life at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., 1885-1886. Also included are a brief diary, 1882, by Flick, bills and receipts, household and mercantile accounts, papers of the Wiltshire family, legal papers, and papers concerning the Masons and the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965724

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Wilson College (Chambersburg, Pa.)

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Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Republican Party (W. Va.)

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Flick, William Henry Harrison, ca. 1847-1894.

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Lawyer and politician, of Martinsburg, W. Va. From the description of Papers, 1792-1894; (bulk 1845-1888). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562167 ...

Wiltshire family.

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Freemasons

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

National Greenback Party.

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