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Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal

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Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates: 1789

Siler Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates: 1848-1968

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Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) 1
Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
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Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
Banks and banking 1
Baptists 1
Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
Bibles 1
Blueprints 1
Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Bowling 1
Broadsides. 1
Business correspondence 1
Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Churches -- Methodist 1
Churches -- Protestant Episcopal 1
Civil War - political factions. 1
Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
Civil War -- Description 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Cumberland (Md.) 1
Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
Episcopalians 1
Estates and estate settlements. 1
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
Folklore 1
Fort Cumberland. 1
Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. 1
Frederick Town. 1
Freemasons 1
General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
Georgetown. 1
German immigrants - Pennsylvania Germans. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 1
Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
Land - deeds and grants. 1
Land Plat. 1
Land. 1
Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
Ledgers. 1
Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
Magazines. 1
Maryland 1
Methodism 1
Ministers - letters and papers. 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
Music - Sheet music. 1
Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
Old Town. 1
Pennsylvania Dutch 1
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
Political factions - Civil War. 1
Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
Politics and government. 1
Potomac River 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. 1
Rhodes scholarships 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
Scrapbooks 1
Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs. 1
Transportation 1
Travel accounts. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Bull and Bear Club 1