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Place of Publication: Wheeling, Va.
Index Card Notes: DeHass, Wills A book for the people. Proposals for publishing...A history of the early settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia....[Wheeling, 1848]. Signed: W. DeHass, Wheeling, Va. Bottom Clipped Source: Purchase from Maury A. Bromsen Ass. 1962 Sep 14
Cat date 1962 Sep

Scope and Contents Place of Publication: Hancock County Index Card Notes: To the honorable legislature of Virginia: The undersigned citizens of Hancock County, most respectfully represent that after an act of creating Hancock out of the Northern part of Brooke the dispute is over the location of the county seat...etc....We the undersigned say that New Manchester is better than Holiday's cove...etc...we pray your honorable body to pass a law confirming and permanently fixing the seat of justice for this...

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Place of Publication: Unknown
Index Card Notes: Broadsides Portrait of L.A. Godey, to be published in the February No. of the Lady's Book [1849?] 3 Cols. Tells of the beginning of Godey's "Lady's Book." Source: Unknown 1964 Nov 19

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Place of Publication: Marietta, Ohio
Index Card Notes: General Agency, Marietta, Ohio. George M. Woodbridge ... Offers his services to all persons having unsettled demands, ... Against the government of the United States. Signed: George M. Woodbridge. 12 copies. He will handle all pension claims, for service in Revolutionary or Mexican War; Invalid Pensions, or Bounty Land Claims. Source: Unknown 1946 Nov 19
Cat. date: 1964 Nov. 19

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Place of Publication: Parkersburg, Va.
Index Card Notes: Parkersburg Gazette and Western Virginia Courier. Carrier's Address to the patrons of the gazette and courier. [Verse begins.] 3 cols. Source: Peter G. VanWinkle Papers

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Place of Publication: Wetzel County
Index Card Notes: B8 Notice of a Deed! Positive photostat. Deed to justices of Wetzel County for lots 32 and 33 in New Martinsville, by Presley and Margaret Martin, for public buildings site. Photostat copy lent for photo stating by Delf Norona, Moundsville. 1954 Nov 23 1954 Dec 15 Rev. 1955 May 23 Martin, Presley Martin, Margaret New Martinsville: Public buildings site Dates: 1840-1849

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Place of Publication: Harpers Ferry
Index Card Notes: Shenandoah Paper Manufacturing Company Negative Photostat copy. Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Signed: H. Ellis, President. Announcement of intention to start operations at Harpers Ferry. Purchase. Library of Congress 1961 Oct 22

Scope and Contents Place of Publication: Brooke County Index Card Notes: To the general assembly of Virginia: The undersigned citizens of Wellsburg, and of Brooke County generally, most respectfully represent that while almost every other county in the beloved commonwealth is developing resources while Brooke County, equally loyal; has been passed by. We humbly pray for a bill including therein first a charter for a railroad from the Va. State line, t Through Holidays cove to a point on the Ohio River in...

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Place of Publication: Brooke County
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Source: purchase VA. State Library

Scope and Contents Place of Publication: Ohio County Index Card Notes: To the Senate and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia: The undersigned Citizens, Merchants, Manufacturers, and others of the city of Wheeling and of the County of Ohio, respectfully represent: that the passage of a law or laws as will restrain and prevent the action of resident brokers in speculating in the currency which the banks throw out to your citizens, by returning the same upon the banks, and drawing from them...