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Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates: ca. 1840-1955

Charles Mortimer Bishop (1827-1896) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0008
Overview Papers of a Preston County farmer, merchant, and licensed exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served in the state legislature in the years 1870-1876. There are letters of H. Davis and William Ewin regarding land and coal properties in Preston County. Also included are minutes of the incorporators' meeting of the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1873, as well as scattered items relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingwood; the Northwestern Turnpike at St. George; the...
Dates: 1857-1897

Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates: 1799-1919

John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948

Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates: 1845-1908

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2134
Scope and Contents Correspondence and business records while the company was operating near the present site of Cass. Subjects and topics covered are the Blackwater Lumber Company, Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Greenbrier River, logging, lumber agents, Martin-Lane and Company, railroads, J.L. Rumbarger Lumber Company, R.M. Sutton Company, Stearns Manufacturing Company, Saint Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, S.E. Slaymaker and Company, timberlands, West Spruce Lumber...
Dates: 1892-1939

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Coal mining. 4
Railroads 4
Petroleum industry and trade 3
Politics and government. 3
Land. 2
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Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
Preston County (W. Va.) 2
Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 2
Women's schools. 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
Account books 1
Agriculture 1
Banks and banking 1
Cass (W. Va.) 1
Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
Civil War -- Bounty claims 1
Democratic Party 1
Editors - letters and papers. 1
Election of 1856. 1
Election of 1884. 1
Elections 1
Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
Farms and farming. 1
Gas industry 1
General stores 1
Green Bank (W. Va.) 1
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
Greenbrier River (W. Va.) 1
Horton. 1
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
Lumber industry and timber. 1
Maps. 1
Northwestern Turnpike. 1
Piedmont. 1
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
Politicians 1
Politicians -- United States 1
Preston County Herald. 1
Preston County Journal. 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
Railroads - Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad. 1
Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Ronceverte (W. Va.) 1
Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
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