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
Additional filters:
- 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
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politicians 1
- Portrait photography 1
- Postal service 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Transportation 1
- Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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