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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates: 1786-1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William A. Moreland, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1973
Overview Papers of Alexander Smith and George W. Brown. The Smith papers are letters and receipts, 1794-1814, and include a letter from N. Suter commenting on a naval battle of the War of 1812, current prices, government, and business conditions and receipts for the payment for slaves. The Brown letters, 1870-1886, concern a gift to West Virginia University, marriage, and payment of land taxes. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Alexander Martin and John W. Mason. Receipts, 1881-1894, are...
Dates: 1794-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Bancroft, George. 1
Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890 1
Brown, George W. 1
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Brown, Miller and Company 1
Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881 1
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 1
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association 1
Cox, Samuel S. 1
Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864 1
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 1
Evarts, William M. 1
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 1
French Colonization Society 1
Garrett, John W. 1
Geary, John W. 1
Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.) 1
Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885 1
Hewitt, Abram S. 1
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904 1
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 1
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 1
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870 1
Knott, J. Proctor (James Proctor), 1830-1911 1
Mason, James M. 1
Mason, John W. 1
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 1
Mercer, Charles F. 1
Moreland, William A., 1916-1986 1
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 1
Pendleton, John S. (John Strother), 1802-1868 1
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884 1
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 1
Silliman, Benjamin. 1
Slidell, John. 1
Smith, Alexander. 1
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 1
Stevenson, W. E. (William Erskine), 1820-1883 1
Strother's Hotel 1
Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868 1
Suter, N. 1
Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 1
United States. Army. Officers' Reserve Corps 1
United States. Congress 1
United States. Internal Revenue Service 1
United States. National Guard 1
West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office 1
Whig Party (U.S.) 1
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
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