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John P. Clarke (1825-1900) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1511
Overview Correspondence, business and legal papers, surveys, account books, and a diary of a Burning Springs surveyor, oil developer, rural entrepreneur, horticulturalist, and captain of the Little Kanawha River steamer GENERAL JACKSON. Collection includes a brief journal of a trip from Des Moines, Iowa, to the Forks of the Platte in 1860; papers of Clarke's venture in quartz mining and milling in the Colorado Territory, 1861-1863; surveys of the Burning Springs oil region; letters from James C....
Dates: 1851-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lewis Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0551
Overview Personal and business papers of the Lewis family, mainly of John D. (1800-1882), Charles C., Sr. (b.1839), and Charles C., Jr. (b.1865), of Kanawha County. For the period 1825-1875 there are papers of various members of the Ruffner, Dickinson, and Wilson families of West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, and other states. The business papers relate to farming operations, the purchase and sale of slaves, salt manufacturing and trade, the Old Sweet Springs Company, coal, iron, oil,...
Dates: 1825-1936
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Clarke, James C. 1
Clarke, John P. 1
Clarke, John P. (1825-1900) 1
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Lewis family 1
Lewis, Charles C. Jr. 1
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Ruffner, Daniel. 1
Ruffner, Joel. 1
West Virginia Wool Growers Association 1
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