Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
Person
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Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1199
Overview
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and...
Dates:
1784-1958, undated
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
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- Coal mining. 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Immigration. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Methodism 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Slavery 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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