Fairmont State Normal School

Overview

A photostat negative copy of a land grant from Thomas Lord Fairfax to Peter Casey for 350 acres of land located on the south branch of the Potomac River, 14 August 1749.

Scope and Contents Additional papers of Benjamin Fleming and several members of the Fleming family. Manuscript items include land grants and deed Monongalia County, letters, account and tax statements. Printed items include Sabbath School program, Fairmont, 1861; concert and commencement programs of Fairmont State Normal, 1892, 1897, 1906; Alfred Fleming Cemetery Association, proposed organization pamphlet. A clipping scrapbook contains some poetry by Thurston Worth Fleming, biographical sketch of Col. William...