Short narrative regarding the history of the tract of land near Charles Town, Jefferson County known as the "Bloomery."
Business papers of the Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Co., ca. 20 items, 1890-1891. Stock certificates of the Straight Creek Oil Company (1909), the Great Elk Oil and Gas Company (1910), and the National Consolidated Oil Company (1906).
Includes "Our Trumbull Heritage" by Charles W. Hawley. There is documentation of the Davis, Dyer, Feathers, Hawley, Keister, Peck, Propst, and Trembly families.
Two business invoices for Charleston, West Virginia: 1) P.H. Noyes and Company, wholesale grocers, 27 August 1886; Arnold, Abney and Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, and hats, 22 October 1886.
Two printing plates for the front pages of the Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail on the date of the final editions of those newspapers. The final issues of each newspaper were published 15 July 2015. Starting 20 July 2015, the two newspapers were merged into a single publication, the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The printing plates are thin sheets of metal measuring 12 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in.