Scrapbook of West Virginia Politics News Clippings, 1868-1883

Scrapbook is clippings, primarily from newspapers, regarding various political issues. Including: election returns (state and national), party platforms, conventions, candidates and tickets, Addresses, and reports and opinions positions for various issues, including railroads, funds, and an article on the "Negro Amendment" (1889). Also includes: a letter from the superintendent of the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville regarding the cost of feeding prisoners under "Radical" versus Democratic rule (1874), the 1877 thanksgiving day proclamation from Governor Henry M. Mathews, and a letter tucked in the cover from Charles F. Newnaw to Davis dated 1887 March 1, regarding errors in the Report relating to deeds.