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Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

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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

Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers

Collection

Collection Number: A&M 3192

Overview This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical...

Dates: 1732-1965

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Subject: African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1; Brooke County (W. Va.) 1; Cabell County (W. Va.) 1; Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1; Canada 1; Chambless 1; Civil War - Virginia 17th Infantry. 1; Civil War -- War diaries 1; Civil War -- letters 1; Civil War battles - Kernstown. 1; Civil War battles - Piedmont. 1; Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1; Diaries - Civil War. 1; Fayette County (Pa.) 1; Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1; Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1; Hardy County (W. Va.) 1; Harrison County (W. Va.) 1; Jackson County (W. Va.) 1; Jefferson County. 1; Lincoln County (W. Va.) 1; Logan County (W. Va.) 1; Logan County. 1; Marshall County. 1; Mason County (W. Va.) 1; Mason County. 1; Monroe County (W. Va.) 1; Morgan County (W. Va.) 1; Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1; Postal service 1; Preston County (W. Va.) 1; Putnam County (W. Va.) 1; Richmond (Va.) 1; Secession 1; Slavery 1; Slaves 1; Taylor County (W. Va.) 1; Transportation 1; Tyler County (W. Va.) 1; Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1; Virginia 1; Volcano (W. Va.) 1; West Virginia 1; West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1; West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1; West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1; West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1; Wetzel County (W. Va.) 1; Wheeling (W. Va.) 1; Wirt County (W. Va.) 1
Names: Alexander, Herbert Lee. 1; Armstrong, Ned. 1; Bakewell, Theron Hervey. 1; Basil, Ben. 1; Blackford family 1; Brooke, Robert. 1; Brown, James H. 1; Brown, John. 1; Burdett, John S. 1; Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1; Campbell, Alexandar. 1; Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1; Carter, Watson. 1; Coalman, Daniel. 1; Confederate States of America 1; Conklyn family 1; Cookus, Joseph Lambright. 1; Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1; Cumberland Road 1; Cushwa family 1; Dewees, Daniel S. 1; Duvall, George W. 1; Faulkner family 1; Flesher, A. 1; Frame, Ann. 1; Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1; Goddard, Charles A. 1; Gordon, Sarah Morgan (Groff) 1; Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1; Hamilton family - Genealogy 1; Harnsborough, Mayor. 1; Haymond, Jonathan. 1; Holsinger, Geo. B. (George Blackburn), 1857-1908 1; Hopping, Joseph H. 1; Horton, W. 1; Hughes, Thomas 1; Lamb, Daniel. 1; Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1; Lock, William S. 1; Lupton family 1; Lynch, Emma B. 1; Marmion family 1; Marshall, Vause Webb. 1; McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873 1; McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1; McComas, Judge. 1; McCown, Andrew R. 1; Moler, Nellie May (Hendricks) 1; Murray, J. Ogden (John Ogden), 1840-1921 1; Nadenbousch, John Quincy Adams, 1824-1892 1; Osburn, Franklin. 1; Park, J.A. 1; Patrick, Dr. 1; Perry, T. Tayloe 1; Powers, Alice B. 1; Ramer, George W. 1; Renner, I. N. 1; Roberts, L.A. 1; Roller family 1; Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1; Rumseyan Society 1; Scott, J.F. 1; Shepard family - Genealogy 1; Shirley family 1; Smith, Col. B.H. 1; Smith, Joseph. 1; Smithson, Rumsey 1; Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 1; Summers, Judge. 1; Tompkins, Charles H., 1830- 1; Travers, William H. 1; Turner, F.P. 1; Ward, Everett. 1; Whaley, Kellian Van Rensalear, 1821-1876 1; Wilson family 1; Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1; Winslow, Benjamin. 1; Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1; Wise, O. Jennings. 1; Wood, Leonora. 1; Wysong family 1