McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Edward E. Meredith Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1814
Overview
Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in...
Dates:
1817-1954
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
William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1943
Overview
Correspondence of a Civil War general who had business interests in the Cannel Coal Company, Coal River Navigation Company, James River and Kanawha Company, and the Western Oil Company. Subjects include coal, oil, iron and steel; improvements on the Kanawha, Coal, and Ohio rivers; English investments in the Cannel Coal Company and the Winifrede Mining & Manufacturing Company; and timber prices. Civil War correspondence includes letters from Francis H. Pierpont and General Jacob D. Cox....
Dates:
1841-1879
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- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Augusta County (Va.) 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.) 1
- Builders and contractors. 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal River. 1
- Covered bridges 1
- Diaries 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1864. 1
- Elections 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Ohio River 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Steel industry and trade 1
- Taxation 1
- Teachers 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 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 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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