Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
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- Land. 3
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- American ginseng 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- Fur trade 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Mingo Flats. 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 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
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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