Maxwell, Rufus.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Horace Kellogg, Soldier, Civil War Letter regarding Civilian Compensation and Prosecution
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0648
Overview
Letter of 28 November 1862, written by Horace Kellogg, a Captain of the 123rd Ohio Infantry, to Rufus Maxwell of St. George, Tucker County, (West) Virginia. The letter concerns repayment for robberies perpetrated against Union citizens by Confederate partisans. Maxwell had been ordered to pay eighty-five dollars towards this debt by 1 December 1862. Kellogg reports the consequences of failing to pay the debt, as ordered by Brigadier General Robert H. Milroy. Milroy's order specifies that...
Dates:
1862
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0311
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Maxwell family, including correspondence, accounts, legal papers, pamphlets, and clippings. Correspondence (1863-1889) is comprised mostly of letters from Hu Maxwell, California, to Mrs. S.J. Maxwell. Subjects include mining, schools, size and social conditions of towns, ranches, weather and crop conditions, geographical oddities, Maxwell's personal living conditions, and his intentions concerning history publications. Other items include account book of Captain James L. White,...
Dates:
1851-1929, undated
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Filtered By
- Subject: Tucker County (W. Va.) X
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- Account books 2
- California 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Laurel Hill. 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- Civil War - Ohio 123rd Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Philippi. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Pruntytown (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Saint George. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Tyrone Forge. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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