Whig Party (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Felix G. Hansford Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1089
Scope and Contents
These are the land and mercantile papers of Felix Hansford, a large land owner along the banks of Pain[t] Creek and the Great Kanawha River, near the town of Clifton in [Kanawha] County. The collection is primarily account statements, receipts and buisness notes.There are a few land surveys, entries and deeds dating back to the 1790. Some of the papers shed light on the Hansford's activities as a falt boat builder, sawmill and grist mill operator, and justice of the peace. A few letters and...
Dates:
1790-1875
Felix G. Hansford Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1192
Scope and Contents
The papers of the President of Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, charted in 1837, consist of land grants, deeds, and indentures; legal papers; turnpike correspondence, stock, books, contracts, and reports to the Board of Public Works, the Virginia Legislature, and stockholders. Some of the correspondence deals with the Washington Temperance Society, church activities in the Kanawha Valley, the salt industry along the Kanawha Salines, the James River and Kanawha Turnpike...
Dates:
1796-1876
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1199
Overview
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and...
Dates:
1784-1958, undated
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- Subject: Politics and government. X
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- Subject
- Clifton. 2
- Frontier and pioneer life 2
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Land. 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Salt industry and trade 2
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
- Church buildings 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Election of 1848. 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Immigration. 1
- Justices of the peace 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- Temperance 1
- West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 1 + ∧ less
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