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Series 1. Historical Documents, 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles)

Series — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.

Dates: 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles)

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers

Series 1. Historical Documents -- Barnet Cushwa Papers

Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1-5

Scope and Contents This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and...

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers / Series 1. Historical Documents

Series 1. Historical Documents -- West Virginia Documents

Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 6-15

Scope and Contents This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties. Highlights include: items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12); a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28,...

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers / Series 1. Historical Documents

Series 1. Historical Documents -- Non-West Virginia Documents

Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 16-27

Scope and Contents Highlights of this subseries include: four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War; seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War; a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier; seven Booker T. Washington letters; two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures...