Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
R.P. Chew Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2518
Overview
Correspondence and legal papers of R.P. Chew, of Charles Town, concerning his land holdings in Logan County. Companies mentioned in connection with land. Purchases include Bowman Lumber Co., Laurel Coal and Land Co., Robinson Coal and Land Co., and Dingiss Run Coal Co. Correspondents include J. Coleman Alderson, F.B. Enslow, and A.B. Fleming.
Dates:
1904-1908
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- Subject: Lumber trade X
Additional filters:
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- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Railroads 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Land - controversies. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Logan County. 1
- Maps. 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 and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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