Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 16 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 Also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished poems, and genealogy of the Pierpont, Siviter, and Pryor families.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
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
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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- Subject: West Virginia -- Politics and government X
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- Politicians -- United States 14
- United States -- Politics and government 13
- Politics and government. 12
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 10
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 8
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 7
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- Virginia -- Governors 6
- Coal mining. 3
- Genealogy 3
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- Politicians 3
- Railroads 3
- Richmond (Va.) 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Diaries 2
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Newspapers. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Secession 2
- Steamboats 2
- Transportation 2
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 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
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land records and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Missouri 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politics - Western Virginia. 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Secession - Virginia. 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Temperance 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
- Voting - United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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