West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, Records regarding Statehood
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0931
Copies of broadsides, certificates, photographs, and letters pertaining to the formation of the state of West Virginia, its predecessor the Restored Government of Virginia, and the Civil War, featuring the impact of the latter upon Wheeling. There are 41 letters written to civilian prisoner-of-war Dr. Alfred Hughes by his wife and other relatives when he was interned at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio in 1862. (A more detailed inventory of the collection is included in the control folder).
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0 Linear Feet (Summary: 1 reel of microfilm, 1 folder)
English
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