Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
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
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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
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0497
Overview
Correspondence, appointment, and notice. Correspondence includes a letter from Gideon D. Camden to Pierpont (1841); a letter from Frances Pierpont Pryor (F.H. Pierpont's granddaughter) to Professor Charles Ambler regarding documents of her grandfathers' which she is sending him and documents she will keep (1952); and a letter from Charles MacCarthy to W.H. Siviter, regarding Pierpont papers used by MacCarthy in writing his Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction...
Dates:
1841-1952
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of 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. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
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
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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, Artifacts Collected by Jack Sandy Anderson
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3926
Overview
Ceramic and glassware items owned by Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) and his wife Julia Augusta (Robertson) Pierpont. Francis Pierpont of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, participated in the West Virginia statehood movement, and served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. See the scope and content note and historical note for further detail.
Dates:
ca. 1830-1876
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 12
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- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 8
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 8
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 8
- Railroads 7
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 7
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 6
- Marion County (W. Va.) 6
- Virginia -- Governors 6
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 6
- Coal mining. 5
- Elections 5
- Judges - letters and papers. 5
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 5
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 5
- Account books 4
- Genealogy 4
- Rivers and river valleys. 4
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 4
- Civil War battles. 3
- Fairmont. 3
- General stores 3
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 3
- Lewis County. 3
- Politicians 3
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- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
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- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
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- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Land. 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
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- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
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- Virginia - Reorganized Government of Virginia. 2
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- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
- Weston (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- Academies 1
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Agriculture 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Augusta County (Va.) 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 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 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.) 1
- Builders and contractors. 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 + ∧ less
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