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Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0009

Overview Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...

Dates: 1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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

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Subject: African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1; Alexandria (Va.) 1; Barbour County (W. Va.) 1; Canada 1; Chambless 1; Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1; Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1; Jackson County (W. Va.) 1; Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1; Logan County (W. Va.) 1; Mason County (W. Va.) 1; Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1; Ohio County (W. Va.) 1; Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1; Politicians -- United States 1; Postal service 1; Putnam County (W. Va.) 1; Randolph County (W. Va.) 1; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1; Roane County (W. 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; United States -- Politics and government 1; Upshur County (W. Va.) 1; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1; Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1; West Virginia 1; West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1; West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1; Women's history -- 1800-1849 1; Women's history -- 1850-1899 1; Wood County (W. Va.) 1
Names: Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1; Armstrong, Ned. 1; Basil, Ben. 1; Battelle, Gordon. 1; Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1; Brown, James H. 1; Burdett, John S. 1; Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 1; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 1; Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899. 1; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 1; Confederate States of America 1; Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 1; Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1; Cumberland Road 1; Dayton, Spencer 1; Duvall, George W. 1; Flesher, A. 1; Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1; Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 1; Grand Army of the Republic 1; Harnsborough, Mayor. 1; Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906 1; Haymond, Jonathan. 1; Horton, W. 1; Lamb, Daniel. 1; Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1; Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901. 1; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1; McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1; McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 1; McComas, Judge. 1; Park, J.A. 1; Patrick, Dr. 1; Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 1; Rathbone, John Castelli 1; Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 1; Roberts, L.A. 1; Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 1; Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1; Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 1; Scott, J.F. 1; Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872 1; Siviter, Anna Pierpont, 1859-1932 1; Siviter, William Henry, 1858-1939. 1; Smith, Col. B.H. 1; Smith, Joseph. 1; Society of the Army of West Virginia 1; Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 1; Stevenson, W. E. (William Erskine), 1820-1883 1; Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 1; Summers, Judge. 1; Tompkins, Charles H., 1830- 1; Turner, F.P. 1; Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 1; Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878 1; Ward, Everett. 1; Watson, James O. 1; Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 1; Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1; Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1; Wise, O. Jennings. 1