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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

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

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1221
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 business correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and court records. Materials include the early land papers of Camden's law partner, John J. Allen, and the legal papers of the firm Allen and Camden, which deal primarily with land suits and surveys...
Dates: 1816-1892, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
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Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
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Election of 1868. 1
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Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
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Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 2
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 2
Armstrong, Ned. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Brown, James H. 1
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Burdett, John S. 1
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 University 1
West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment 1
Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wise, O. Jennings. 1
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