Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents
Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates:
1826-1878
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
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
Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3082
Scope and Contents
The papers of a prominent Lewisburg, Greenbrier County lawyer and politician, Samuel Price, who served numerous terms in the Virginia state legislature and was Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851, the Secession Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; and he completed the U. S. Senate term of Allen Caperton in 1876. The papers include correspondence relating to local...
Dates:
circa 1788-1888
Siler Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates:
1848-1968
William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1694
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, writings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Wilson, a private in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), President of West Virginia University, 1882-1883, member of Congress, 1883-1895, Postmaster General, 1895-1897, author of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894, and President of Washington and Lee University, 1897-1900. The collection includes portions of the diaries covering the years 1862-1863, 1865, 1868-1870, 1877-1891, 1896-1899. Most of the...
Dates:
1862-1900
Filtered By
- Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Politics and government. 6
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Land. 2
- Railroads 2
- Steamboats 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
- Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
- Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
- Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
- Bibles 1
- Blueprints 1
- Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
- Bowling 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Churches -- Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - political factions. 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Description 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Diaries 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Elections 1
- Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
- Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
- First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Freemasons 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land - deeds and grants. 1
- Land Plat. 1
- Ledgers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
- Magazines. 1
- Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
- Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
- Music - Sheet music. 1
- New York Tribune 1
- Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
- Political factions - Civil War. 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
- Postal service 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Rhodes scholarships 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
- Saint Louis Republican 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1 + ∧ less
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