Papers concerning the Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy [manuscript] 1915-19.

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Papers concerning the Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy [manuscript] 1915-19.

Correspondence of Harrison and William Alexander Anderson, lawyers representing Virginia, and also typescripts of various Supreme Court decisions on the controversy. Correspondents include: R. P. Chew, Henry Hawkins Downing, John J. Cornwell, Governor of West Virginia; Henry Delaware Flood, Andrew Jackson Montague, Marshall McCormick, John Garland Pollard, Virginia attorney general; Sanford Robinson, Thomas Staples Martin and Henry Taylor Wickham.

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Downing, Henry Hawkins, 1853-

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Harrison, Randolph, 1858-1928.

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Martin, Thomas S. (Thomas Staples), 1847-1919

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U. S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Thomas Staples Martin letters to William Wood Fenwick [manuscript], 1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 433616030 Thomas Staples Martin was born in Scottsville, Va. July 29, 1847. He served in the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets in the Civil War. He practiced law and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served until his death November 12, 1919. From the descripti...

Pollard, John Garland, 1871-1937

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Typed letter signed : Richmond, Va., to Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn, 1933 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858090 John Garland Pollard was a Richmond, Va. lawyer who served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-2, was Virginia's attorney-general, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Government and Citizenship at the College of William and Mary, mayor of Williamsburg, Va...

Wickham, Henry Taylor, 1849-1943

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Anderson, William Rucker, 1842-1939

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Miles Anderson (1795-1896) fought in the War of 1812 and enlisted in the Georgia Militia. He married Nancy Pace in 1821 and they had nine children. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1851. He served a mission to Las Vegas with his son, William Rucker from 1856-1857. From the guide to the Miles Anderson papers, 1799-1877, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) William Anderson was born in New York City in Feb...

McCormick, Marshall, 1849-

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Harrison, Randolph, 1857-1928.

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Montague, Andrew Jackson, 1862-1937

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Montague (1862-1937) held public office most of his adult life, serving as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (1893-1898), Attorney General of Virginia (1898-1902), Governor of Virginia (1902-1906), and U.S. Representative for the Third District of Virginia (1913-1937). In addition, he headed the Law Department at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, and served in various positions with numerous non-profit organizations. See William Larsen's Montague of Virginia (Lou...

Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953

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Flood, Henry D. (Henry Delaware), 1865-1921

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Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers of Henry Delaware Flood, 1870-1921 (bulk 1901-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009861 Biographical Note 1865, Sept. 2 Born, Appomattox County, Va. circa 1885 Educated at Washington & Lee Universit...

Chew, R. P.,

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Anderson, Harrison J

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Robinson, Sanford, 1873-1942,

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