Papers, 1836-1892.

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Papers, 1836-1892.

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Correspondence, 1836-1885, financial papers, 1830s-1872, and legal papers, 1844-1892, of Gideon Draper Camden, lawyer and circuit court judge of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va. Included in the correspondence are letters from Dr. J.G. Smith, inventor of electromagnetic medical devices, and a prospectus and letter concerning the Woodburn Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va., 1858. Legal papers are chiefly land grants and indentures, including one signed by Virginia governor James M'Dowell, and two oil leases for land in Wirt County, W. Va.

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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McDowell, James, 1795-1851

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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1806?-1892.

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Woodburn Female Seminary (Morgantown, W. Va.)

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Virginia Historical Society.

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