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Series 5. Miscellaneous Woodbridge Records, 1779–1882

 Series

Scope and Contents

This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge’s General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as “Marietta in 1804 or 1805,” “The Blennerhassets,” “Ships and Steamboats,” and “Steamboats Built at Marietta.” There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.

Dates

  • Creation: 1779–1882

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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