Dayton, Alston Gordon
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Courtney Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1629
Overview
Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading,...
Dates:
1804-1920
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
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- Subject: Lumber trade X
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- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Account books 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War -- Bounty receipts 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Iowa 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Livestock 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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