Assorted legal and historical documents from the Monongalia County, West Virginia, area, including legal documents of the Noah Henderson and Alfred and Flossie Henderson Fordyce families, several Rights of Way and Waivers of Damage for construction on Bula-Fairview Road (most from 1929 September), and assorted other invoices, tax documents, and more. Also includes a land deed for 100 acres in Monongalia County to Jacob Sole, Jr. (1827).
School commissioners' papers, 1821-1846, containing reports to the president and directors of the Literary Fund; treasurer's accounts and reports; reports of tuition paid for poor children; and a report on the formation of school districts. The collection also includes marriage lists and certificates of the officiating clergymen, 1820-1854.
A two page ALS from A(llen) T. Caperton, a Confederate Senator and resident of Union, Monroe County to Major General John Breckinridge praising the latter's military capabilities. Caperton quotes another officer who remains anonymous that "on every field Gen. Breckinridge was splendid. I have never been associated with a greater man. His removal from us has been a great misfortune to the army. I fear it is not yet at an end . . . If he ranks below any one it is Gen. Lee."
Lists of suits, with judgments and costs, probably in Lewis or Harrison County, West Virginia, with information on the wills of John Morrill and several members of the Mason family.
One Audubon print of Pouched Jerboa Mouse, 21 in. x 27 in.
One-page typescript history of the Augusta Christian Church in eastern West Virginia, written by John G. Riley and Mrs. Loy E. Beery briefly describes establishment of the church in 1880. Also includes list of ministers from 1875 to 1961.