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Jackson, George.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George Jackson (1757-1831) Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1748
Overview

Letter from a Clarksburg attorney, justice of the peace, delegate to the Virginia General Assembly, 1785-1791, 1794, and U.S. congressman, 1795-1797, 1799-1803, "To the Freeholders of the Northwestern Congressional District of Virginia." Jackson expresses his intention not to run for reelection and comments on the political situation and the issues of the day.

Dates: 1803 February 22

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates: 1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960

Thomas W. Harrison Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0827
Overview

Business and personal papers of a Clarksburg resident and a letter from R. Claiborne to George Jackson, 1 July 1799, concerning a broad spectrum of national issues.

Dates: 1799, 1834-1907

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Clarksburg (W. Va.) 2
Politics and government. 2
Academies and Institutes. 1
Accounting 1
Bridges -- West Virginia 1