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Burdett, John S.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2848
Overview Papers regarding West Virginia statehood and the history of Wheeling and Ohio County compiled by Judge Gibson L. Cranmer (1826-1903) of Wheeling, West Virginia, who served as secretary of the Wheeling Convention that repudiated Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861. Series 1 includes manuscript narratives and correspondence describing events of the West Virginia statehood movement, written by eyewitnesses at the request of Gibson L. Cranmer. Manuscript authors include John S....
Dates: 1787-1895, undated; Majority of material found within 1822-1881

Partridge and Critcherson, Photography Studio, Portraits of West Virginia Politicians

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4354
Overview

Twenty portrait photographs of prominent nineteenth-century West Virginia politicians, many of whom played a part in the movement for statehood. See "Scope and Contents" for additional information, including a list of names.

Dates: ca. 1860-1880

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Subject
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
Canada 1
Chambless 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1