Price, William, 1803-1881
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William Price (1803-1881), Letter Regarding Wheeling Convention
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3004
Overview
Letter from the Monongalia Co. State Senator and representative to the Wheeling Convention of 1861. Describes the Convention and his anti-secession, but pro-slavery sentiments.
Dates:
1861
William Price (1803-1881) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1809
Overview
Papers of William Price (1803-1881), a Monongalia County, West Virginia, resident, member of the Wheeling Convention, and state legislator, 1869-1873. Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, legal documents, and pictures. The correspondence, 1858-1912, concerns farming, the cattle business, and observations on the Civil War. Land papers also relate to Greene County, Pennsylvania. There is a diary and memo book of William Price, 1861-1863, containing two references to his membership in...
Dates:
1787-1917, undated; Majority of material found within 1805-1885
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- Account books 1
- Blacksville (W. Va.) 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Greene County (Pa.) 1
- Land. 1
- Livestock 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Travel accounts. 1 + ∧ less
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