Brown, John.
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Patrick Plummer Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2772
Overview
Plummer relates family births, marriages, deaths, farm operations and other business interests. In 1859 he mentions John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
Dates:
1859-1878
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
Simeon Franklin Seely, ALS, Letter Regarding Raid by John Brown on Harpers Ferry
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1457
Overview
Letter of 17 October 1859, written by a merchant from Beverly, Ohio, who, on the night of the 16th arrived at Harpers Ferry as John Brown was taking possession of the armory. The letter describes the raid during the time his train was held up.
Dates:
1859
Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3192
Overview
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical...
Dates:
1732-1965
T.T. Perry, Collector, Publications
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2253
Overview
Microfilm copy of assorted books, speeches, and pamphlets related to early West Virginia history. Includes: On The Plains In '65 by George H. Holliday; Heyward Shepherd, Victim Of Violence, by Matthew Page Andrews; and The Harpers Ferry Insurrection by J. Ewing Glasgow. For a complete listing, see the control folder.
Dates:
1806-1859
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 12
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 7
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 6
- Jefferson County. 5
- Abolition of slavery 4
- Diaries and journals. 4
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 4
- Civil War -- letters 3
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 3
- Land. 3
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 3
- Slaves and slavery. 3
- Wood County (W. Va.) 3
- Account books 2
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War -- War diaries 2
- Crime and criminals. 2
- General stores 2
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 2
- Richmond (Va.) 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Border Guards 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) -- Topography 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Brooke County (W. Va.) 1
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Charles Town Independent Democrat 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 2nd Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederacy 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Kernstown. 1
- Civil War battles - Piedmont. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Colloquialisms. 1
- Diaries - Civil War. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogy 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) 1
- Jefferson County - Topography. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kansas 1
- Lincoln County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marshall County. 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Martinsburg, W.Va. - formation. 1
- Mason County. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Printers and printing. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond Daily Enquirer 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown. 1
- Steubenville (Ohio) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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