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Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

 Collection
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

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1188
Overview Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes correspondence, legal documents, photocopies of printed material, and land grants. Subjects of the correspondence include West Virginia politics; the elections of 1840, 1860, and 1861; Reconstruction; the Flick Amendment; Southern sentiment in Clarksburg;...
Dates: 1784-1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
Canada 1
Chambless 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
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Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
Election of 1840. 1
Election of 1848. 1
Election of 1860. 1
Election of 1868. 1
Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Land. 1
Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
Logan County (W. Va.) 1
Mason County (W. Va.) 1
Methodism 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
Politics and government. 1
Postal service 1
Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
Railroads 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Richmond (Va.) 1
Roane County (W. Va.) 1
Slaves 1
Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
West Virginia 1
West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 1
West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
Women's schools. 1
Wood County (W. Va.) 1
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Armstrong, Ned. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Brown, James H. 1
Burdett, John S. 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
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Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad 1
Confederate States of America 1
Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1
Cumberland Road 1
Duvall, George W. 1
Flesher, A. 1
Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1
Harnsborough, Mayor. 1
Haymond, Jonathan. 1
Horton, W. 1
Lamb, Daniel. 1
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
McComas, Judge. 1
Meadville Collegiate Institute (Wellsburg, Va.) 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Park, J.A. 1
Patrick, Dr. 1
Roberts, L.A. 1
Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1
Scott, J.F. 1
Smith, Col. B.H. 1
Smith, Joseph. 1
Summers, Judge. 1
Tompkins, Charles H., 1830- 1
Turner, F.P. 1
Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851) 1
Ward, Everett. 1
West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment 1
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 1
Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wise, O. Jennings. 1
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