Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
Person
Found in 3 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
Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1451
Overview
Correspondence, legal and business papers, mercantile records and tax receipt books of Isaac McNeel, who operated a store at Edray and Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, served as sheriff of the county, operated a gristmill, raised livestock, and was appointed provost marshal of the county in 1862 by the Confederate Army. The collection also includes letters and school reports of McNeel's sons, Winters and Summers, while students at Washington and Lee and the Medical and Law...
Dates:
1850-1908
Lewis (1778-1843) and George W. (1804-1868) Summers Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1791
Overview
Papers of Lewis Summers, a lawyer, businessman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1817-1818, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1829-1830, and his brother George W., a lawyer in Charleston, a judge, a member of the House of Delegates, 1830-1832, 1834-1836, the U.S. House of Representatives, 1841-1845, a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, candidate for governor in 1851, member of the 1861 Peace Convention, and delegate to the Richmond...
Dates:
1828-1890, 1901, 1935
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- Subject: Secession X
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- Richmond (Va.) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- American ginseng 1
- Baltimore (Md.) 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Canada 1
- Chambless 1
- Charleston. 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Livestock 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Postal service 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Slaves and slavery. 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 -- Campaigns 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851. 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 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
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's schools. 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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