Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), Newspaperman, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0014
Overview
Papers of Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. A strong unionist and Republican Party member, he worked hard through his editorials and behind the scenes in order to support the formation of the new state of West Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing with the Civil War and political affairs in West Virginia's early statehood period. Some of the correspondence...
Dates:
1855-1899, 1907, 1941; Majority of material found within 1855-1899
Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0040
Overview
Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of...
Dates:
1784-1924
Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0568
Overview
Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of...
Dates:
1784-1924
Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0104
Overview
Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.
Dates:
1861-1895, undated
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
Francis H. Pierpont, Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2968
Overview
A letter from Peter G. Van Winkle (8 Nov. 1862) and another letter from Colonel T.M. Harris (4 Sept. 1862) to Francis H. Pierpont, Governor of Restored Virginia. Van Winkle's letter speaks of the poor prospects of the proposed new state's survival, particularly the guerrilla threat south of the Little Kanawha River. Colonel Harris conveys from a wounded Confederate officer a warning that General Loring is planning an offensive into western Virginia.
Dates:
1862
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0420
Overview
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1916; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Letters to President Lincoln
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1034
Overview
Approximately twenty letters sent to President Abraham Lincoln from Francis H. Pierpont, the governor of the Reorganized Government of Virginia, between 1861 and 1864. Topics include the need for muskets in western Virginia in 1861; restoring the government of Virginia according to the Wheeling Convention after the war; using slaves from Virginia to do manual labor for the Union army; difficulty recruiting soldiers in western Virginia in 1862; the creation of the state of West Virginia; and...
Dates:
1861-1864
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Newspaper Clipping
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0418
Overview
Fairmont Times (W.Va.) newspaper clipping where Frances Pierpont Pryor, Francis H. Pierpont's granddaughter, is thanking the newspaper for including historical information about Pierpont's life in their articles.
Dates:
undated
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Newspaper Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0419
Overview
Photostat copies of newspaper clippings from the Daily Enquirer and Examiner (Richmond, Virginia). Includes the order appointing Henry H. Wells to succeed Francis H. Pierpont as Governor of Virginia, and two editorials about Pierpont (April 6 and 27, 1868). The articles suggest that Pierpont was unpopular in Richmond at this time.
Dates:
1868
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- Politics and government. 16
- Politicians -- United States 15
- United States -- Politics and government 14
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 10
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 8
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 8
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 7
- Virginia -- Governors 6
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 5
- Genealogy 4
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Railroads 4
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 4
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
- Civil War battles. 3
- Coal mining. 3
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 3
- Judges - letters and papers. 3
- Marion County (W. Va.) 3
- Politicians 3
- Richmond (Va.) 3
- Rivers and river valleys. 3
- Steamboats 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 3
- Charleston (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War - West Virginia. 2
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 2
- Coal mines and mining 2
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 2
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Diaries 2
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Lewis County. 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
- Newspapers. 2
- Politics - Western Virginia. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Schools 2
- Secession 2
- Transportation 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Virginia - Reorganized Government of Virginia. 2
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
- Weston (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 2
- Academies 1
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Agriculture 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Baptists 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Ceredo (W. Va.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia Mounted Volunteers, 1st Regiment, Company A. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Commissions 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Elections 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont, WV - Coal mining. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Freemasons 1 + ∧ less
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