Brown, John.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Frances Packette Todd Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2354
Overview
Correspondence, photographs, post cards, newspapers, pamphlets (regarding typical antebellum and postbellum topics such as slavery, states rights, etc.), official records including the 1793 marriage license for Lund Washington (George Washington's cousin) and Susanna Grayson, a 1732 shipping order for items, including gold and silver, to be transported from Delaware to London, a 1837 document authorizing payment of a navy pension to the children of Lt. John Packette, and memorabilia of a...
Dates:
1800-1985
Julia M. Davis, Author, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2826
Overview
Interviews with and reviews of the fiction of Julia Davis, a member of a prominent Harrison County family whose most distinguished member was her father, John W. Davis, the 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate. In the interviews she tells of the influence upon her career of Melville Davisson Post and of the historic activities of her family, particularly before and during the Civil War. Her maternal grandparents, who resided in Jefferson County, observed the trial and execution of John...
Dates:
1980
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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- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Berkeley Border Guards 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) -- Topography 1
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Crime and criminals. 1
- Jefferson County - Topography. 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Martinsburg, W.Va. - formation. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
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