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Box 8

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Keister Family Genealogy (contains excerpts from 'Early Western Augusta [County, VA] Pioneers' by George W. Cleek, 1957, pertaining to the genealogy of the Keister family; 1 item), ca. 1957

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Dates: ca. 1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Mordecai Levi Papers, folder 1 of 3 (includes images and copies of patent documentation for his "pavement for streets or roads" [1889], and material related to the M. Levi Water Filter [undated]; 16 items), 1889, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Dates: 1889, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Mordecai Levi Papers, folder 2 of 3 (includes facsimile correspondence praising Levi's work with "composition boards" in paving the streets of Charleston [1890, undated]; facsimile typescripts of legal documents regarding Levi's work [1873, 1885]; a bio sketch and genealogical notes on Levi and his family [1957, undated]; facsimiles of two letters from J.P. Hale to Levi [1871, 1875]; a postcard from J.P. Hale to Marcellus Zimmerman regarding local history [1886]; and a facsimile notification to Levi of John P. Hale's bankruptcy [1878]; 14 items), 1871-1890, 1957, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Dates: 1871-1890, 1957, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Mordecai Levi Papers, folder 3 of 3 (includes a typescript of a lecture on Charleston's pavement delivered before the West Virginia Road School at Morgantown, WV, by M.J. McChesney [February 1917]; a typescript of "First Brick Street: M. Levi of Charleston, the inventor and patentee" by Nancy W. Cassaday [a.k.a. Mrs. Robert B. Cassaday, Levi's granddaughter] [1947]; facsimiles and original clippings regarding Levi and Charleston's pavement [1914-1954]; and an excerpt from the Congressional Record in which Hon. John. M. Slack spoke about Levi [1974]; 11 items), 1914-1974, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Dates: 1914-1974, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

J.A.J. Lightburn Military Records (contains manuscript orders of General Lightburn, all of which are addressed to or pertain to J.V. Young [1862]; manuscript orders from W.H.H. Russell to J.V. Young [1862]; and an order signed by Lightburn, signifying that Captain James S. Cassidy passed an officers' efficiency examination [1865]; Lightburn took preliminary examination for West Point with Stonewall Jackson; 9 items), 1862-1865

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

McCausland Papers (includes a letter to Roy Bird Cook [1952] and photos of the General John McCausland House ["Grape Hill"], the historic landmark sign nearby, and Alex McCausland [all ca. 1947]; clippings about McCausland and family [1933-1964, undated]; and a letter regarding the sale of a McCausland artifact [1952]; 14 items), 1933-1964, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Dates: 1933-1964, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

James C. McFarland Papers, folder 1 of 2 (contains original, facsimile, and typescript letters; includes letters [1821] and agreement [1822] regarding salt furnace in Kanawha County; additional letters to McFarland [1823-1851], subjects include salt sales, industry organization, Philadelphia market conditions, Charleston in the 1820s, family matters, his discounts at Bank Virginia, and the travels of H. Clay; 20 items), 1821-1851, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Dates: 1821-1851, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

James C. McFarland Papers, folder 2 of 2 (contains original and facsimile letters to and from McFarland [1845-1964, undated], subjects include: family matters, a connection between a McFarland ancestor and George Washington, travel plans, and business with R.W. Poindexter; 20 items), 1845-1864, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Dates: 1845-1864, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Major T.P. Moore Obituary (typescript copy of obituary that appeared in the 'Clarksburg Enquirer' in 1830; 1 item), undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 19
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

John Morgan Papers (includes an order to Constable M. Morgan [1841]; account statements and receipts for goods [including wool, hay, tobacco] purchased by John Morgan, many from the Charleston area [1851-1888], including a steamboat bill of lading [1888] and a letters with color letterhead from Standard Oil Company [1898]; letters to John Morgan related to financial matters [1868-1898]; and three envelopes; 18 items), 1841-1898, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 20
Dates: 1841-1898, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers