Box 3
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Item Nos. 702-720, 1866
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Politics: Items 702-705, 707-720 (Pierpont on President Johnson and freed enslaved persons; upcoming election; Civil Rights bill in Congress; inability of Winchester, Virginia to pay its taxes; Civil Rights bill veto by President Johnson; northern officeholders in Virginia; former rebels holding office in Virginia; Pierpont on news articles regarding WTW's voting against the Civil Rights bill; WTW's bill for reparations for loyal suppliers to the Army; Union men...
Dates:
1866
Item Nos. 721-740, 1866
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Politics: Items 722, 725-727, 731-732, 734-740 (Morgantown town meeting; Jefferson and Berkeley Counties and Congress; rebel activities in Richmond, Union men in Virginia; postmaster in Parkersburg opposes the President, Governor Boreman's brother is the postmaster in Parkersburg who is being removed from office; bankruptcy bill in Congress discussed) Family and Friends: Item 724 (from WTW's son concerning law practice in Morgantown) ...
Dates:
1866
Item Nos. 741-763, 1866
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Topics include:
Politics: Items 741-754, 756-763 (requests for speeches, bills in Congress and Constitutional Amendments, the question of whether or not medals for soldiers to be mailed free, opposition to the postmaster of Wheeling, Civil Rights bill in Congress, WTW elected to Senate)
Family and Friends: Item 755 (from son, William, on the future of West Virginia)
Dates:
1866
Item Nos. 764-783, 1867
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Politics: Items 764, 766, 769-770, 772, 775-783 (regarding the tariff bill in Congress; state politics; lists of Union men and rebels from post offices; President Johnson and the Senate [item 775]; appointments wanted; slavery; oath of allegiance and constitution; invitation to dine in Richmond with the Pierponts) Government/War: Items 765, 767-768, 779 (artificial limbs for soldiers and iron crosses for cemetery plots; soldiers accidently...
Dates:
1867
Item Nos. 784-803, 1867
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Politics: Items 784-785, 787-799, 802 (bills in Congress, government of Virginia, West Virginia woman asks about pension for a family with ancestors in Revolution and War of 1812, complaints that government is treating all Southerners the same, West Virginia complaints about Congress and freed enslaved persons, WTW objects to calling Major Doddridge and his son "rebels")Family and Friends: Items 786, 800, 803 (Morgantown news, the high...
Dates:
1867
Item Nos. 681-701, 1866
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Topics include: Politics: Items 681-684, 686, 689, 691-693, 695-701 (Iowa correspondent on politics, war, slavery; job requests; Frederick County, Virginia and the possibility of its joining West Virginia; West Virginia laws to prohibit former rebels from voting; loyalty oaths in Virginia; Pierpont on the Virginia Governor's office; Boreman on the need for Congress to pass bill regarding Jefferson and Berkeley Counties; Pierpont on President Johnson's oath of allegiance; a bill...
Dates:
1866