Series 1. Historical Documents -- General

This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.
Highlights include:
bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);
papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);
a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);
a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and
legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).