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Box 6

 Container

Contains 151 Results:

Miscellaneous; Item 06-131: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Letter of Governor Peirpoint, to his Excellency the President and the Honorable Congress of the United States, on the Subject of Abuse of Military Power in the Command of General Butler in Virginia and North Carolina."; 3) 32 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Duplicate of 06-130; 6) Original; 7) Fair condition, a little faded, 1864/04/18

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 23
Dates: 1864/04/18
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-132: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Message of The Governor of Virginia and Accompanying Documents."; 3) 15 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Part of a pamphlet written by William Smith, Confederate Governor of Virginia, to the legislature of that state concerning alterations he felt would improve Virginia's lot, including the enrollment in military service of all "unnecessary" state and county officials, the use of slaves in the military, and the distribution of salt throughout the Confederacy. All but one of the supporting documents are missing; 6) Original; 7) Very faded, somewhat fragile, 1864/12/07

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1864/12/07
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-133: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Message of the Governor of Virginia, Laid Before the General Assembly, at the Called Session, Convened on the Nineteenth of June, 1865, at the City of Richmond,"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Pamphlet of a speech by Pierpont to the Virginia General Assembly immediately following the end of the Civil War, addressing the causes and course of the war, and focusing on the repeal of the "restricting clauses" that disenfranchise former Confederate Government officials so that the state can more quickly be organized; 6) Original; 7) Bottom edge faded and frayed, top of pamphlet uncut, 1865/06/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/06/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-134: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Message of the Governor of Virginia, Laid Before the General Assembly, at the Called Session, Convened on the Nineteenth of June, 1865, at the City of Richmond,"; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Abridged duplicate of 06-133, skipping the causes and course of the war to focus on repeal; 6) Original; 7) Somewhat faded, last sheet torn at bottom, 1865/06/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/06/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-135: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Message of the Governor of Virginia, Laid Before the General Assembly, at the Called Session, Convened on the Nineteenth of June, 1865, at the City of Richmond,"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Duplicate of 06-133; 6) Original; 7) Poor condition, edges frayed and creased, 1865/06/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/06/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-136: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Gov. Peirpoint's Address to the People of Virginia."; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Pamphlet containing an address to the people of Virginia by Pierpont, concerning the causes and course of the war, and defending the Constitutionality of his government and the creation of West Virginia, marked up in pencil; 6) Original; 7) Cover missing, slightly faded on the outside, 1865/05/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/05/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-137: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Gov. Peirpoint's Address to the People of Virginia."; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Duplicate of 06-136; 6) Original; 7) Missing cover, faded, tear in the front two pages, 1865/05/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/05/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-138: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Gov. Peirpoint's Address to the People of Virginia."; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Partial duplicate of 06-136 and 06-137, with pages 7-12 cut out; 6) Original; 7) Cover intact, but pages cut messily out of interior, 1865/05/19

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Dates: 1865/05/19
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-139: 1) Pamphlet; 2) "Message"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) A message from Pierpont to the Virginia Houses of Congress, informing them of the passage of the "act to provide for more efficient government of the rebel states" and its consequences for the state, going on to urge Congress to enfranchise the freedmen of the state; 6) Original; 7) Ragged and faded at the edges, 1867/03/04

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 25
Dates: 1867/03/04
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-140: 1) Handbill; 2) "General Orders, No. 9."; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Complete; 5) Order from S. F. Chalfin, Assistant Adjutant General for the First District, prescribing an additional oath for all state officials declaring that they were not part of the Confederate Government; 6) Original; 7) Tearing a little at creases, 1867/04/05

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 25
Dates: 1867/04/05
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches