Preston, Mrs. John J. D. , Collector

Overview Copies of two surveys and plats, 1783 and 1784, for 999 acres in Wood Co. and 3,937 acres in Monongalia Co.; surveyed for Mark Harden and William Tilton. A manuscript deed, 1801, from Anthony Gholson of Botetourt CO. Va., for his interest in 28,627 acres of land located in Kanawha Co. A manuscript affidavit of Willima Brannum, Cabell Co. 1811, concerning driving hogs from Ky. to Va. A grade report for Mary C. Stribling of Pleasant and circular of the Steubenville [Ohio] Female Seminary,...

Overview Correspondence of the Preston, Davis (including John W.), Rand, and Arnold families from about 1817 to 1924. Includes several sermons of David R. Preston. Collection also contains many interesting pamphlets dealing with the important political and religious issues of the period. There are also copies of speeches delivered by John W. Davis, Waitman T. Willey, and other congressmen discussing important national political issues. Also includes newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the...

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Papers of the Preston, Davis, Rand, and Arnold families, ca. 1817-1924. Includes letters of John W. Davis, sermons of David R. Preston, pamphlets dealing with the important political and religious issues of the period, and copies of speeches delivered by John W. Davis, Waitman T. Willey, and other congressmen on national political issues. There are also newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the political career of John W. Davis and some Davis family photographs.