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Box 6

 Container

Contains 151 Results:

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-081: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, March 31, 1860"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, in which the editors of The Family Visitor praise Pierpont for his letters and rhetoric, describing the increase in sales they have had and vilifying Pierpont's opponents; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip, 1860/03/31

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Dates: 1860/03/31
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-086: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, May 4, 1860"; 3) 9 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, heavily edited in red pencil, in which Pierpont accuses the Virginia Democrats of corruption, focusing especially on the construction of railroads and other internal improvements; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip frayed at the edges, 1860/05/04

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/05/04
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-087: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, May 4, 1860"; 3) 9 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, duplicate of 06-086; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip frayed along right edge, 1860/05/04

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/05/04
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-088: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, May 18, 1860"; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, in which Pierpont condemns an income tax plan proposed by the Democrats, citing the disproportionate burden it places on the laborer to favor the slaveholder; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip some tearing around the edges, 1860/05/18

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/05/18
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-089: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, May 18, 1860"; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, duplicate of 06-088, with penciled corrections; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip, ragged left edge, first page torn down the middle, in Mylar, 1860/05/18

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/05/18
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-090: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, Nov. 2, 1860"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, heavily corrected in pencil, concerning a clarification of a speech made by Peirpont opposing Breckenridge's presidential campaign, and discussing the inequities of power between Eastern and Western Virginia; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip, faded, somewhat ragged on right side, 1860/11/02

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/11/02
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous - Letters to Pruntytown "The Family Visitor"; Item 06-091: 1) Transcript of unknown; 2) "The Family Visitor, Pruntytown, Va., Friday, Nov. 2, 1860"; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of unknown original, duplicate of 06-090; 6) No Original; 7) Marks from metal paper clip, right side rather ragged, 1860/11/02

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Dates: 1860/11/02
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

Miscellaneous; Item 06-092: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Fragment; 5) Draft of a letter to a newspaper recounting the story of a debating society that broke up over the question "does the right of suffrage depend on internal suggestion or outward perception?"; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, some fading, undated

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

Miscellaneous; Item 06-093: 1) Original; 2) "Shook Business"; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Part of a discussion of the changing nature of the barrel shook business, especially as it relates to sugar imports from Cuba and tariffs thereupon; 6) Transcript exists, see 06-100 and 06-101; 7) Good condition, undated

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

Miscellaneous; Item 06-094: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Piece discussing mine safety legislation following the Newburg disaster, calling for stronger penalties for owners who continue to work unsafe mines; 6) Transcript exists, see 06-102 and 06-103; 7) Good condition, rather faded, undated

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