Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Siviter Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0113
Overview
Anna Pierpont Siviter's notes and typescript draft with holograph notes of Recollections on Civil War (Recollections of War and Peace, 1861-1868). Also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished poems, and genealogy of the Pierpont, Siviter, and Pryor families.
Dates:
1883-1936; Majority of material found within 1905-1930
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Two Autobiographies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4171
Overview
Two autobiographies written by Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. This booklet includes photocopies of two original autobiographies, which were written in 1883 for Robert Alonzo (or P.W.) Brock (21 pages and accompanying letter) and John McAllister Schofield (5 pages). The booklet also includes typescript transcriptions of both autobiographies, made by...
Dates:
2015
Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Deed
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0526
Overview
Photocopies of correspondence relating to Francis H. Pierpont's law license in Mississippi and Virginia, and an early (1784) Virginia deed to John Pierpont (likely grandfather of Francis).
Dates:
1784-1842; Majority of material found within 1841-1842
Francis Harrison Pierpont, Note regarding Ordinance of Secession
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0559
Overview
Note supposedly written by Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. The note outlines the steps to be taken upon the adoption of the Ordinance of Secession, including the convening of a second convention on June 11 and rules about the number of representatives allowed for each county. It may be a draft of a resolution proposed by the Committee on State and...
Dates:
circa 1861
Waitman T. Willey Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates:
1820-1917
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- United States -- Politics and government 14
- Politics and government. 12
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 10
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 7
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Virginia -- Governors 6
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 6
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
- Coal mining. 3
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- Politicians 3
- Railroads 3
- Richmond (Va.) 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 2
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Genealogy 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Politics - Western Virginia. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Secession 2
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 2
- Transportation 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Account books 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Diaries 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Fairmont, WV - Coal mining. 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Land records and papers. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Missouri 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Secession - Virginia. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Temperance 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
- Virginia - Reorganized Government of Virginia. 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Voting - United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- Western Virginia -- Politics 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1 + ∧ less
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