Jefferson County, W. Va., miscellaneous papers, 1785-1952.

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Jefferson County, W. Va., miscellaneous papers, 1785-1952.

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Miscellaneous papers from Jefferson County, W. Va., collected by Thornton Tayloe Perry. Included are small collections, miscellaneous correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other papers. The small collections include the diary and commonplace book, ca. 1868, of John O. Aglionby, containing a history of the Yates and Aglionby families; papers of Alexander Robinson Boteler of Shepherdstown, concerning his political campaigns, 1855 and 1872; "An Account of the Lineage of the Brown Family" by Gov. Thomas Brown of Florida; resolutions concerning the property of the Free Church of Harpers Ferry, 1828; resolutions concerning the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry; and papers, 1834-1872, of John S. Gallaher, editor of the Virginia Free Press. Also included is an address, "The Reverend Abner C. Hopkins, D.D.," by J. Burns Huyett; lottery materials, 1853, from Patapsco Female Institute, Ellicot City, Md.; diary, 1853-1858, of John Henry Smith of Smithfield (now Middleway), concerning farm and social life; papers, 1867- 1875, of the Triluminar Lodge No. 117, Free and Accepted Masons, of Middleway, W. Va.; and correspondence and genealogical materials of Mary Guy (Mrs. Van B.) Wilson concerning the Ranson, Baldwin, and Brown families. The miscellaneous correspondence includes an unsigned letter to the editor concerning the Miners' Trials, 1922. Miscellaneous legal items consist chiefly of deeds and indentures for land in Jefferson County.

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Patapsco Female Institute (Ellicott City, Md.)

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Brown, Thomas, b. 1785.

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Springfield Armory (U.S.). Harpers Ferry.

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Brown family.

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Smith, John Henry, 1817-1892.

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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Native of Charles Town, W. Va., auto dealer, postmaster, veteran of both World Wars, and collector of manuscripts and rare books dealing with western Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658879 ...

Freemasons. Triluminar Lodge No. 117 (Middleway, W. Va.)

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Free Church of Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)

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Aglionby family.

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Boteler, Alexander Robinson, 1815-1892

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Alexander R. Boteler (1815-1892) was Virginia political leader, congressman, and Civil War soldier. He graduated from Princeton College, Princeton, New Jersey. He was active in politics before the Civil War and much of his correspondence relates to the election of 1860 and the Constitutional Union Party. He was later a member of the U.S. Tariff Commission from 1882-1884. From the guide to the Alexander Robinson Boteler papers, Bulk, 1836-1889, 1707-1924, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Boo...

Yates family

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Gallaher, John S., 1796-1877.

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