Goff, David, 1804?-1878
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0971
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of a manuscript letter from Richmond, Va., signed R. E. Lee, addressed to Major David Goff of the Virginia Volunteers at Beverly, [W.] Va., concerning the delivery of arms and ammunition to Major Goff, or to Lieutenant Joseph W. Chinnoweth, intended for Col. George A. Porterfield at Grafton.
Dates:
1861
Filtered By
- Subject: Grafton. X
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- Agriculture 1
- American ginseng 1
- Beverly (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Fur trade 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Land. 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Mingo Flats. 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads 1 + ∧ less
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