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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

Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties Legislative Petitions

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3048
Overview

Petitions from northwestern counties to the Virginia State legislature for internal improvements, namely turnpikes, railroads and river navigation claims. Mention is made of the Ohio River, Little Kanawha River, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Northwestern Turnpike.

Dates: 1846-1854
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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Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Little Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
Logan County (W. Va.) 1
Marshall County. 1
Mason County (W. Va.) 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Ohio River and Valley. 1
Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
Postal service 1
Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Richmond (Va.) 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Roane County (W. Va.) 1
Secession 1
Slavery 1
Slaves 1
Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
Turnpikes. 1
Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
West Virginia 1
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
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Names
Armstrong, Ned. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Brown, James H. 1
Burdett, John S. 1
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
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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
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties 1
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
McComas, Judge. 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
Ward, Everett. 1
Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wise, O. Jennings. 1
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