Item Nos. 582-601, 1864

Topics include:

Politics: Items 583-587, 590-592, 594-596, 598-601 (opening of lands in the West; state constitution to abolish slavery; list of "loyal" citizens in Hancock County; bill for new judicial district in West Virginia; local politics; Governor Pierpont writes of his glove business; list of mail recipients in Jackson County; praise for Congress; appointment request to West Point; appointment in the Army; WTW's slavery speech; influence needed to get a prisoner released; requests for money for a lost ship)



Family and Friends: Items 588-589, 593, 597 ("rebels" in Morgantown carry off a prisoner from the town jail, local politics, local farming)



Law/Business: Item 582 (new state laws)