Jefferson County, W. Va., miscellaneous volumes, 1793-1929.

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Jefferson County, W. Va., miscellaneous volumes, 1793-1929.

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Miscellaneous account books, 1793-1921, scrapbooks, 1850-1916, and other volumes, 1847-1929, from Jefferson County, W. Va., collected by Thornton Tayloe Perry. Represented in the account books are blacksmiths, general merchants, grocers, millers (grain and lumber), physicians, stationers, tailors, and tobacconists from the Charles Town, Leetown, Shepherdstown, Smithfield [now Middleway], and Summit Point communities. Scrapbooks were compiled by Episcopal minister Hunter Davidson and others, and include marriage and death notices, ca. 1878-1882. Other volumes include a diary, 1847-1856, kept in Smithfield, containing lists of deaths and marriages, ca. 1840s, a recipe book, student notebook, and Charles Town hotel register, 1922-1929.

39 v.

Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Shepherd University Library, Scarborough Library

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Virginia Historical Society.

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Davidson, Hunter, 1862-1929.

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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 ...