Papers, 1846-1879 [microform].

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Papers, 1846-1879 [microform].

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Consist, primarily, of an eleven-volume diary, 1853-1879, kept by James Lawrence Hooff, concerning agricultural operations at "Richwood," "River Farm," and "Sunnyside," Jefferson County, W. Va. Included in the diaries are lists of slaves (vols. 3-5), a counterfeit $5 bill, 1850, issued by the Cumberland Savings Bank, Cumberland, Md. (vol. 1), and entries concerning John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, W. Va. (vol. 5) and baseball (vol. 9). Individuals mentioned in the diaries include Alexander Robinson Boteler (vol. 2), Henry Alexander Wise (vols. 2 and 5), James Beckham (vols. 3 and 6), Samuel W. Lackland (vol. 3), John Letcher (vol. 5), George C. Beckham (vol. 7), Philip Fontaine Hooff (vol. 7), William Conklyn (vol. 9), John Stephenson (vol. 9), S.D. Middlekauff (vol. 10), and James Roper (vol. 10). Also, includes a commonplace book, 1846-1879, kept by James Hooff at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and Jefferson County, W. Va., concerning agricultural operations, recipes, horses, orchards, livestock, accounts, a plat of land in Jefferson County, W. Va., and lines of verse; and an account book, 1859-1877, kept by James Hooff in Jefferson County, W. Va., concerning the administration of the estates of Fontaine Beckham and George C. Beckham (includes an inventory of Fontaine Beckham's estate).

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Conklyn, William

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Resident of Pole Tavern (Pittsgrove), N.J. From the description of Vendue book, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940223 ...

Stephenson, John, 1790-1864

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Letcher, John, 1813-1884

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to President Buchanan, 1860 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lexington, Va., to Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, 1813-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590807 Native of Virginia; graduate of Washington College; lawyer, newspaper editor, presidential elector in 1848, and member of Virginia's constitutional c...

Beckham, George C., d. 1862

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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...

Beckham, James, d. 1856.

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Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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American lawyer and politician; governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to President Buchanan, 1857 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588282 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Teackle in Baltimore, 1841 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. T.H. Ellis, 1859 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588...

Beckham, Fontaine, -1859

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Lackland, Samuel W., d. 1857.

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Hooff, James Lawrence, 1825-1887.

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Roper, James, d. 1867.

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Middlekauff, S. D.

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Hooff, Philip Fontaine, d. 1862.

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