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James William Kuykendall Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1180
Overview

Papers of a land surveyor from Hardy County include family and business correspondence, 1888-1926; letters from George Benson Kuykendall on family genealogy, 1911-1914; Kuykendall's correspondence as a member of the county board of education, 1908-1915; account books, diaries, surveying notes, Sunday school class book, 1876-1923; and plats, surveys, and deeds of land in the Hardy-Grant County area.

Dates: 1765-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Papers regarding Early Settlers of Aurora in Preston County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0728
Scope and Contents

Account books, and legal, business, and personal papers of some early settlers at Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia. There are records of a tannery, blacksmith shop, a general merchandise store, and a sawmill, as well as deeds and subscription lists for the Lutheran and German Reformed churches. Also included in the papers are land surveys, wills, deeds, plats, school notebooks, tax receipts, and other items.

Dates: 1788-1943 and undated ; Majority of material found within 1820-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records

 Collection
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

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American Colonization Society 1
Brody, John. 1
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Greene, Richard. 1
Kuykendall family 1
Kuykendall, George Benson, 1843-1931 1
Kuykendall, James William 1
Loomis, F.B. 1
Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary 1
Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company 1
Meadville Seminary 1
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) 1
Morgan, George 1
Ohio Company. 1
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Reeder, Benjamin. 1
United States. Congress. Senate 1
Washington County Colonization Society 1
Washington County Tract Society 1
Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company 1
Woodbridge Mercantile Company 1
Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr. 1
Woodbridge, George M. 1
Woodbridge, William. 1
Woodbridge-Blennerhassett. 1
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