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Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2848
Overview Papers regarding West Virginia statehood and the history of Wheeling and Ohio County compiled by Judge Gibson L. Cranmer (1826-1903) of Wheeling, West Virginia, who served as secretary of the Wheeling Convention that repudiated Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861. Series 1 includes manuscript narratives and correspondence describing events of the West Virginia statehood movement, written by eyewitnesses at the request of Gibson L. Cranmer. Manuscript authors include John S....
Dates: 1787-1895, undated; Majority of material found within 1822-1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1391
Scope and Contents Published and unpublished manuscripts on episodes in West Virginia history; civil war history; hunting; and police protection in industrial plants. Letter of Gen. T.M. Harris concerning organizing and outfitting of troops, 1861; copies of newspaper articles by Gen. Harris concerning "the Sabbath question", 1876; Letters (typescript copies) of Pvt. James Z. McCausland's Brigade, 1863-1864 (7 items), on the Battle of Droop Mountain: fight at Dublin, picket duty around Warm Springs, Virginia;...
Dates: Various Dates
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
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Armstrong, Ned. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Brown, James H. 1
Burdett, John S. 1
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
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Confederate States of America 1
Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1
Cumberland Road 1
Duvall, George W. 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Flesher, A. 1
Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1
Harnsborough, Mayor. 1
Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906 1
Haymond, Jonathan. 1
Horton, W. 1
Kimble, William E. 1
Kunkle, W. I. 1
Lamb, Daniel. 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- 1
McCausland, James Z. 1
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
McChesney, James Z. 1
McComas, Judge. 1
Park, J.A. 1
Patrick, Dr. 1
Roberts, L.A. 1
Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1
Scott, J.F. 1
Smith, Col. B.H. 1
Smith, Joseph. 1
Summers, Judge. 1
Tompkins, Charles H., 1830- 1
Turner, F.P. 1
Ward, Everett. 1
Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wise, O. Jennings. 1
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