Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
Jonathan M. Bennett (1816-1887) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0032
Overview
Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer and legislator, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1785-1899
Scott-Palmer Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1458
Scope and Contents
Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836);...
Dates:
1829-1916
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- Politics and government. 2
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry, Company G. 1
- Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Civil service reform -- United States 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Education 1
- Marietta (Ohio) 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Schools 1
- Secession - United States. 1
- Taxation 1
- Teachers 1
- Temperance 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Veterans. SEE ALSO under Civil War - veterans. 1
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Williamstown (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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