Mason, James M.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates:
1786-1878
J.M. Mason Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1795
Overview
Two facsimiles of letters from J.M. Mason at the University of Virginia with reference to the management of the Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy, the nature of the Virginia claims, the history of the case, and recommendations for handling the matter for the best interest of West Virginia.
Dates:
1918
John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1888
Overview
Correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and printed materials of John W. Mason (1842-1917). Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. The general correspondence contains personal and business letters, as well as manuscript speeches, notebooks, and reports. The period while Mason was circuit judge is particularly sparse. Also includes Internal Revenue correspondence consisting of about 8,500...
Dates:
1831-1928
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- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
- Academies 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Canals 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- Elections 1
- Grafton. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Railroads 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Transportation 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Virginia - Debt Commission. 1 + ∧ less
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