Papers, 1861-1879.

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Papers, 1861-1879.

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Letters, 1861-1865, written to U.S. Representative Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley of Wayne County, W. Va., by friends and constituents. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax (asking for support for his bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives), Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (discussing West Virginia politics), William Dinly Rollyson (concerning the appointment of Gen. Franz Sigel as commander of the Department of West Virginia), Gen. Franz Sigel (concerning his appointment and military operations in West Virginia), John S. Witcher, and A.L. Wylie (enclosing a formula for invisible writing as a form of communication after he crosses into enemy territory). Many other letters are from Union soldiers requesting Whaley's assistance with discharges or transfers. Post-war items include a copy of an act authorizing the citizens of Jefferson and Berkeley counties, Virginia, to decide on annexation to West Virginia, and a letter to Warren Whaley appointing him a lieutenant in the Mason County Riflemen.

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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902

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Sigel was born in Sinsheim, Baden (Germany), and attended the gymnasium in Bruchsal. He graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy in 1843, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Baden Army. He met the revolutionaries Friedrich Hecker and Gustav von Struve and became associated with the revolutionary movement. He was wounded in a duel in 1847. The same year, he retired from the army to begin law school studies in Heidelberg. After organizing a revolutionary free corps in Mannheim and later i...

Witcher, John S., b. 1839.

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Rollyson, William Dinley, b. 1837.

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Whaley, Warren.

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Mason County Riflemen.

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Whaley, Kellian Van Rensalear, 1821-1876

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Businessman, U.S. Representative, from Ceredo, Wayne County, W. Va. From the description of Papers, 1861-1879. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28725843 ...

Farnsworth, Daniel Duane Tompkins, b. 1819.

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Wylie, A. L.

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