Box 8
Container
Contains 22 Results:
Series 5. Subject Files, 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series — Box: 8
Scope and Contents
This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont...
Dates:
1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles)
Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's Poetry Book (includes one loose page and multiple bound pages of manuscript poetry from various authors; bound pages are fragile), 1848-1861
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Dates:
1848-1861
F.H. Pierpont Deeds and Business Papers, folder 1 of 2 (includes manuscript deeds, indentures, and land grants regarding [West] Virginia land and debt; not all pertain directly to Pierpont; for additional deeds and business papers, see Series 12, Oversized, box 18, folder 1), 1831-1878
File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Dates:
1831-1878
F.H. Pierpont Deeds and Business Papers, folder 2 of 2 (includes manuscript deeds regarding West Virginia land, a cemetery plot, and coal rights; also includes two typescript copies of one of the deeds, a receipt, a survey plat, and a paper sleeve for Pierpont's deeds), 1881-1896
File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Dates:
1881-1896
James O. Watson Lawsuit, folder 1 of 5 (includes manuscript correspondence and legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and F.H. Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership, with disputed matters and accounts going back to the 1850s; some documents include questions to and answers from plaintiff and defendant; transcript of the "Pierpont-Watson Controversy" manuscript is in box 8, folder 9), ca. 1872, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Dates:
ca. 1872, undated
James O. Watson Lawsuit, folder 2 of 5, ca. 1872, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Dates:
ca. 1872, undated
James O. Watson Lawsuit, folder 3 of 5, ca. 1872, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Dates:
ca. 1872, undated
James O. Watson Lawsuit, folder 4 of 5, ca. 1872, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Dates:
ca. 1872, undated
James O. Watson Lawsuit, folder 5 of 5 (contains two typescript copies of a document explaining the "Pierpont-Watson Controversy"; original is in box 8, folder 5), ca. 1872, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Dates:
ca. 1872, undated