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Farnsworth, D.D.T.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Abigail Farnsworth Travel Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3215
Overview

1821 travel journal of Abigail Farnsworth, mother of West Virginia's second Governor, Daniel D.T. Farnsworth. Documents travel from Staten Island, New York to Buckhannon in Lewis County, West Virginia.

Dates: 1821
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ambrotype Portrait of West Virginia Politicians William Brown and Daniel Farnsworth

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3845
Overview

Cased ambrotype image of William Gay Brown, Sr. and Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth, prominent political leaders in the formation and early government of West Virginia. The opposite side of the image has a political advertisement stating, "People's Ticket; For Congress, Wm. G. Brown. Senate, Dan. D. T. Farnsworth." The ambrotype is 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. with ornate, somewhat corroded, copper-toned preserver and mat. The case is 3 1/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. with embossed paper over wood.

Dates: ca. 1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Arthur I. Boreman Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates: 1830-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Moses Farnsworth Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0751
Scope and Contents

Collection includes an 1832 letter from D. D. T. Farnsworth of Buckhannon Town, Upshur County to his brother Moses; an 1845 indenture of land between George E. Craig and Matilda Craig of Pocahontas County, W.Va.; An 1893 catalogue from Siegel-Cooper and Company, Chicago, IL; and an 1895 “Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Seeds.”

Dates: 1832-895
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Buckhannon (W. Va.) 2
Coal mines and mining 2
Academies 1
Account books 1
Banks and banking 1
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
Coal industry. 1
Coal mining -- Strikes 1
Coal mining. 1
Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
Diaries and journals. 1
Elections 1
Grafton. 1
Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
Judges -- West Virginia 1
Marion County (W. Va.) 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
Plants -- Classification 1
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
Politicians 1
Politicians -- United States 1
Politics and government. 1
Railroads 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Schools 1
Secession 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Steamboats 1
Travel accounts. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 1
Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
West Virginia -- History 1
West Virginia - Governors. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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