Martin, Alexander.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates:
1786-1878
E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5125
Scope and Contents
Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded,...
Dates:
1874
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- Canals 1
- Election of 1840. 1
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- Horse-drawn vehicles -- West Virginia 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Ohio River and Valley. 1
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
- Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Transportation 1
- West Virginia University - Student organizations. 1
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