Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
Person
Found in 3 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
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
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- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 2
- Richmond (Va.) 2
- Slaves and slavery. 2
- Transportation 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 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
- Canals 1
- Chambless 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- General stores 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Livestock 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 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
- Railroads 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861 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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