West Virginia University
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates:
1786-1878
William A. Moreland, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1973
Overview
Papers of Alexander Smith and George W. Brown. The Smith papers are letters and receipts, 1794-1814, and include a letter from N. Suter commenting on a naval battle of the War of 1812, current prices, government, and business conditions and receipts for the payment for slaves. The Brown letters, 1870-1886, concern a gift to West Virginia University, marriage, and payment of land taxes. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Alexander Martin and John W. Mason. Receipts, 1881-1894, are...
Dates:
1794-1958
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- Canals 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Militia 1
- Militia - Virginia - Quartermaster General. 1
- Militia - Virginia. 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Railroads 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Taxation 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- Veterans - Society of the Army of West Virginia. 1 + ∧ less
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