Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0040
Overview
Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of...
Dates:
1784-1924
Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0568
Overview
Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of...
Dates:
1784-1924
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
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
William Henry Harrison Flick (1841-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1349
Overview
Papers of a Pendleton County lawyer and prosecuting attorney who served in the state legislature, 1868-1870, where he introduced the Flick Amendment which removed voting restrictions on those who served in the Confederacy. Papers deal with Flick's legal practice; test oath cases; voting restrictions as a means of continuing Republican supremacy; state elections of 1868; Flick's campaign against Henry G. Davis for Congress in 1870; the West Virginia capital question; subscriptions to the...
Dates:
1867-1872
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- Politics and government. 6
- Coal mining. 5
- Railroads 5
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Genealogy 3
- Lumber trade 3
- Politicians -- United States 3
- Transportation 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Land. 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politicians 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Diaries 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Election of 1870. 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Maps. 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - Flick Amendment. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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