Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
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
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2208
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Dates:
1843-1971
Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1386
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Congressman and U.S. Senator, Frank Hereford. Papers deal with the machinations of the Camden-Davis ring, Hereford's election to the Senate, and West Virginia politics. Most of the letters involve the attempts of Johnson Camden and John E. Kenna to secure Hereford a seat on the Utah Commission in 1886.
Correspondents include: J. Ogden Murray, John E. Kenna, Johnson N. Camden, Lewis Baker, John Brannon, John Echds, and J. W. McCreery.
Dates:
1874-1901
Gideon Draper Camden Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2167
Overview
Correspondence to Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). The letters discuss antebellum Virginia politics, legal cases, land deals, banking, river improvement, personal business, and family relations. Correspondents include George W. Berlin, Johnson Newlon Camden, R.P. Camden, John S. Carlile, John A. Dille, John...
Dates:
1836-1855
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates:
1799-1919
Jacob Williamson Marshall (b.1830) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0054
Overview
Papers of a livestock broker, farmer, and merchant of Mingo Flats, Randolph County, who was associated with John T. McGraw in the development of Marlinton and the purchase and sale of land, coal, and timber in neighboring Pocahontas County. There are some items of Civil War interest, while the bulk of the correspondence relates to the marketing of ginseng, beeswax, wool, venison, animal pelts, and farm machinery. There is significant correspondence relating to state politics and railroads....
Dates:
ca. 1840-1900
John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates:
1842-1927, 1948
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview
Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates:
1845-1908
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1228
Scope and Contents
Two business letters of Senator Camden concerning the Stewart Brick Company, Parkersburg, and a Democratic Electoral ticket for Virginia in 1852.
Dates:
1852; 1894
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- Politics and government. 13
- Coal mining. 6
- Railroads 6
- Land. 4
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Lumber trade 4
- United States -- Politics and government 4
- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 3
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 3
- Banks and banking 2
- Elections 2
- Genealogy 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Maps. 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 2
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politicians 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Transportation 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- American ginseng 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Burning Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Camden-Davis ring 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - WV 11th. Inf. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- France 1
- Fur trade 1
- Germany 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Mingo Flats. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- New York Tribune 1
- Photography 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Postal service 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1852 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Saint Louis Republican 1
- Soldiers' letters -- World War, 1914-1918 1
- Taxation 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1
- Wirt County (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Women's schools. 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Soldiers' letters 1 + ∧ less
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