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David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates: 1826-1878

Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0544
Overview Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage...
Dates: 1760-1936

John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948

Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2205
Overview Correspondence of William A. Harrison, a Clarksburg lawyer, assistant federal district attorney, member of the Virginia Assembly, and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; most letters are from members of the family to Mrs. Anna Robertson Harrison. Subjects include construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Civil War loyalty Oaths, Camp Chase land purchases, and road building. There are also grade school attendance certificates and notes concerning the Lunatic Asylum...
Dates: 1825-1934

Siler Family Papers

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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

Wilson and Stribling Families Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0880
Overview

Correspondence, clippings, land papers, and other records of James Wilson, an attorney in Wood County, ca.1800-1820; Robert M. Stribling and other members of the Stribling family in Mason County, 1821-ca.1909; and James A. and Otis Young, ca.1900-1934, in Mason County. A pocket diary of James Wilson gives information on his law practice in Kanawha, Monongalia, and Wood counties in 1804.

Dates: ca. 1781-1934

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Land. 5
Politics and government. 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
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Academies (Private schools) 1
Arthurdale (W. Va.) 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
Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
Banks and banking 1
Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
Bibles 1
Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
Blueprints 1
Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Bowling 1
Business correspondence 1
Camp Chase (Ohio) 1
Canals 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) 1
Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Churches -- Episcopal 1
Civil War - Ohio 11th Volunteer Infantry. 1
Civil War - political factions. 1
Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
Civil War -- Description 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Coal mining. 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Diaries and journals. 1
Education 1
Education -- West Virginia 1
Election of 1860. 1
Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
Estate settlements. 1
Estates and estate settlements. 1
Fairmont (W. Va.) 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
Freemasons 1
General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
Great Britain 1
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
Judges - letters and papers. 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Land - deeds and grants. 1
Land Plat. 1
Ledgers. 1
Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
Lumber trade 1
Lunatic Asylum West of the Allegheny Mountains. 1
Magazines. 1
Mason County. 1
Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
Music - Sheet music. 1
Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
Petroleum industry and trade 1
Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
Point Pleasant (W. Va.) 1
Political factions - Civil War. 1
Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
Railroads 1
Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Rhodes scholarships 1
Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. 1
Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
Scrapbooks 1
Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
Taxation 1
Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs. 1
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 1
Virginia 1
Virginia - General Assembly. 1
West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
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Names
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 3
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 2
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 2
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
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American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Bennett, J.M. 1
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 1
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
Bull and Bear Club 1
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Campbell family 1
Castleman family - Genealogy 1
Castleman, Ann Rebecca Isler. 1
Castleman, Estelle. 1
Castleman, Frank A. 1
Castleman, Sarah Jane. 1
Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia - Bonds. 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, Inc. 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Goff family 1
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 1
Great Cacapon Silica Sand Company 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Hammond and Siler General Store. 1
Hammond family - Genealogy 1
Hammond, Allen C. 1
Hammond, Cadet N. 1
Hardin, Moses 1
Harrison, Mrs. Anna M. Robertson. 1
Harrison, William A. 1
Haymond, Alpheus F. 1
Haymond-Fleming Law Firm 1
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 1
Hotee, John. 1
Humphries family - Genealogy 1
Isler family - Genealogy 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
McGraw, John T. 1
McGraw, John Thomas, 1856-1920 1
McGraw, Rose. 1
Montgomery Ward 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926 1
Ohley, William A. 1
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 1
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884 1
Ralston, Richard H. 1
Randolph, Emily Strother. 1
Rinehart, E. A. 1
Sears, Roebuck and Company 1
Seiler family 1
Seller family - Genealogy 1
Shepard family - Genealogy 1
Siler, J. Hammond Jr. 1
Siler, J. Hammond Sr. 1
Siler, Jessie Castleman. 1
Siler, John T. 1
Steel - Hancock Steel Company. 1
Stribling family 1
Stribling, Robert M. (Robert Mackey), 1833-1914 1
Strother, Anne Doyne. 1
Sturgiss, George C. 1
Van Gosen, James D. 1
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 1
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1
Weston State Hospital 1
Whisner, Samuel. 1
White, A.B. 1
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 1
Widmyer, P. S. 1
Willey, William P. (William Patrick) 1
Wilson and Stribling Families 1
Wilson family 1
Wilson, James 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
Young, James A. 1
Young, Otis 1
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