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Box 1

 Container

Contains 131 Results:

Item 118; Typescript Copy -- Extracted from Newspaper by Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, Holdcroft, Virginia. "Release of Miss Poole." Extract from the New York Herald. Miss Poole left prison in charge of an officer on her way to Richmond. She was released on parole not to give aid and comfort to the enemy, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 119; Typescript Copy -- A typed copy of the above five articles with the addition of Poole being confined at Fort Greenhow, in Beymer's On Hazardous Service, p.97. Fort Greenhow was the home of Mrs. Greenhow. She reported that Poole tried to get favor of the federal officers by reporting on the activities of other prisoners, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 120; Newspaper Clipping -- Masthead from the West Virginia Walking Beam, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1880

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: 1880
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 121; Newspaper Clipping -- Sunday Exponent Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia, "Best Seller in 1831." Article regarding Alexander Withers gathering information for his book, Border Warfare. The article also provides a history of his life, 1931

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: 1931
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 122; Newspaper Clipping -- Obituary of Eugene Levassor, born at Rouen, France in 1789. He was a captain in Napoleon's army. He later settled in Covington, Kentucky, and became a wealthy merchant, ca. 1881

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: ca. 1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 123; Newspaper Clipping -- "Reconstruction in Virginia." Executive Order to Reestablish the Authority of the United States, and Execute the Laws within the Geographical Limits known as the State of Virginia, by order of President Andrew Johnson. Article on reverse of clipping contains information on the vote for Secession in White Sulphur Springs, 23 May 1861. It lists all who voted against Secession, 1865

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: 1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 124; Newspaper Clipping -- Reprint of the White Sulphur Springs Echo. Contains articles regarding local social life, the ideal Southern woman, and other topics. Copy is dated 27 September 1867, 1839

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: 1839
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 125; Newspaper Clipping -- "Miss Tavenner Taken By Death." Obituary and family history of Hattie Warth Tavenner, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 126; Newspaper Clipping -- "Proof Sheet of Paper Printed in 1817 Found." A proof sheet of The Farmers' Repository was found in Charles Town when an old building was being razed. The article mentions some of the old advertisements in the paper, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)

Item 127; Newspaper Clipping -- Article regarding the book Border Warfare. One reader thought that the book was written on a farm close to Bridgeport Hill, but another disputes that, saying it was not really written in one place. Also suggests a West Virginia Highway marker be erected at that location, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 5. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folder 11 (15 items)