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Hardy County Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1745
Overview A travel journal, ca. 1857; a diary, 1941; survey records, 1894-1896; account books, 1788-1811 - 1891-1894; county and parish tax levies, 1800; a book of geographic terms and facts kept by Susan I. Branson in 1836; and a Branson family record book. People mentioned include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Places mentioned include: Cincinnati, Ohio; and, in West Virginia, Romney, Evansville, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coolville, Athens, Branch Mountain, Moorefield, Front Run Valley, Camp Branch Run,...
Dates: 1788-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1942
Overview Pamphlets include Henry Ruffner's antislavery pamphlet, 1847, and his Union speech, 1856. Subjects of the manuscripts and correspondence include family history; travel; Kanawha Salt Works; schools in Virginia and Kanawha County; Lane Seminary Library; Presbyterian Church; slavery, coal, gas, iron, and timber; Johns Hopkins, Washington and Lee, Harvard, Hobart, Cornell, and Hampden-Sydney colleges; Greenbrier County; Alabama; election of 1904; University of Virginia; Kanawha Valley floods;...
Dates: 1829-1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
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Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 1
Eaton, John. 1
Hale, John P. 1
Hampden-Sydney College 1
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Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909 1
Hobart College 1
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Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 1
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 1
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Ruffner, David L. 1
Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861 1
Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908 1
University of Virginia. 1
Washington and Lee University 1
Wayland, John W. 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
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