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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1188
Overview Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes correspondence, legal documents, photocopies of printed material, and land grants. Subjects of the correspondence include West Virginia politics; the elections of 1840, 1860, and 1861; Reconstruction; the Flick Amendment; Southern sentiment in Clarksburg;...
Dates: 1784-1899

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1221
Overview Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes business correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and court records. Materials include the early land papers of Camden's law partner, John J. Allen, and the legal papers of the firm Allen and Camden, which deal primarily with land suits and surveys...
Dates: 1816-1892, undated

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Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
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Election of 1840. 1
Election of 1848. 1
Election of 1860. 1