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William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 1943
Overview Correspondence of a Civil War general who had business interests in the Cannel Coal Company, Coal River Navigation Company, James River and Kanawha Company, and the Western Oil Company. Subjects include coal, oil, iron and steel; improvements on the Kanawha, Coal, and Ohio rivers; English investments in the Cannel Coal Company and the Winifrede Mining & Manufacturing Company; and timber prices. Civil War correspondence includes letters from Francis H. Pierpont and General Jacob D. Cox....
Dates: 1841-1879
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Willis DeHass, Historian, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River Valley

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Collection Number: A&M 0685
Overview

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings, with manuscript notes, prepared by Willis DeHass, historian and author. The clips, mainly from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati papers, deal with the Monongahela and Ohio and other Ohio Valley rivers, steamboats, bridges, canals, dams, and levees. Mention is made of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad, 1868.

Dates: circa 1868-1879
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wilson-Lewis Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2135
Overview Papers relating to the Wilson, Lewis, and Ruffner families of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Kanawha County, [West] Virginia, St. Charles County, Missouri, and Fairfield County, Ohio. Correspondence between Nathaniel V. Wilson and Dr. Goodridge Wilson, concerning land purchases, preparation for the settlement of the family, care of livestock, employment of slaves, salt making and marketing, and the market price of salt. Other members of the family migrated to St. Charles County, Missouri,...
Dates: circa 1693-1942 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wood County Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1752
Overview

Transcript of a trial in the circuit superior court of Wood County and appeal to the General Court of Virginia concerning citizens of Ohio who were arrested by Virginia authorities while helping slaves escape.

Dates: 1845 1 September-12 December
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Woodbridge-Blennerhassett Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1459
Overview Correspondence and financial records of the firm of Dudley Woodbridge and Company of Marietta, Ohio, pertaining to Woodbridge's partnership with Harman Blennerhassett. Subjects include early Ohio River trade, transportation, and markets; Blennerhassett's financial misfortunes; the Burr conspiracy; and family and social affairs. Included in the collection are extracts from the Silas Brown letters in the Library of Congress relating to the Burr Conspiracy; and an unpublished manuscript by...
Dates: 1797-1818, 1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1455
Overview Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land...
Dates: 1743-1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wylie-Tomlinson Letter Collection regarding the Civil War and Other Topics

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Collection Number: A&M 4068
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Will Tomlinson, a newspaper publisher in southern Ohio, his wife Eliza Wylie Tomlinson, and their children Sarah Isabella Tomlinson and William Byers Tomlinson, as well as other family members, friends, and colleagues.The letters range from 1834 through 1897, the bulk of which date from 1861-1863 and from 1876-1880. Prominent topics include the relationships and activities of the Wylie-Tomlinson family, life in Cincinnati and Ripley Ohio, journalism and...
Dates: 1834-1914
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 35
Rivers and river valleys. 32
Land. 29
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Diaries and journals. 27
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Ohio River 25
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 23
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Politics and government. 21
Wheeling (W. Va.) 21
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 14
Lawyers - letters and papers. 13
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 13
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 12
Farms and farming. 12
Frontier and pioneer life 12
Morgantown (W. Va.) 12
Ohio River Valley 12
Petroleum industry and trade 12
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 11
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Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 5
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 5
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Kanawha Valley. 5
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 9
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 8
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 6
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 6
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 6
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Brown, John. 5
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 5
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 5
Democratic Party (U.S.) 5
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 5
West Virginia University 5
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 4
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 4
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 4
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 4
Wilson family 4
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 3
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 3
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 3
Davis family 3
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 3
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 3
Hayman family 3
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 3
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 3
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
McGraw, John T. 3
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 3
Morgan family 3
Ruffner family 3
Washington, George, 1732-1799 3
West Virginia Historical Society 3
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 3
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 2
Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc. 2
Bassel, John, 1840-1914 2
Bennett, J.M. 2
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 2
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 2
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831 2
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 2
Brinkman, Charles. 2
Brinkman, George W. 2
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 2
Cather, Fabricius A. 2
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 2
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Collins family 2
Collins, Jarius. 2
Collins, Justus, 1857-1934 2
Confederate States of America 2
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 2
Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775 2
Crook, George, 1828-1890 2
Cumberland Road 2
Cunningham, John S. 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Davis, T.B. 2
Dixon, Thomas W. 2
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 2
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 2
Ford, J. B. 2
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 2
Gambrell family 2
Garrett, John W. 2
Goff family 2
Grafton Rotary Club 2
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 2
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 2
Haymond, William. 2
Henderson family 2
Henderson, Alexander. 2
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 2
Hubbard, C. D. (Chester Dorman), 1814-1891 2
Jackson family 2
Jackson, J.J. 2
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864 2
Johnson family 2
Kenna, John E. 2
Krebs, C. E. (Charles E.) 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 2
Lewis family 2
Library of Congress 2
Ludwig, William 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
Mann, Isaac T. (Isaac Thomas), 1864-1932 2
Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
Matlick, Jacob G. 2
Maxwell, Rufus. 2
McNeill family 2
Moats family 2
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