Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents
Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates:
1826-1878
Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0544
Overview
Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage...
Dates:
1760-1936
Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1940
Overview
Professional correspondence, newspaper clipping, manuscript notes, and speech of West Virginia politician Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920). Goff's career included terms as West Virginia Legislator (1867-1868), U.S. district attorney for West Virginia (1868), Secretary of the Navy (1881), U.S. Congressman (1883-1889), federal judge in the U.S. Fourth Circuit (1892-1911), and U.S. Senator (1913-1919). The letters and telegram are in a series written in August, 1876; correspondents are Nathan Goff...
Dates:
1876-1891, undated
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- Land. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 1
- Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
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