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John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates: 1845-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Joseph McKay Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1476
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Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other business papers of a Sistersville, West Virginia, oil developer and stockman pertaining to the development of the Sistersville oil fields, steamboat freighting on the Ohio River, and business activity in Sistersville.

Dates: 1897-1905
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Joshua & William Russell, Sistersville General Store, Daybooks and Ledgers

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Collection Number: A&M 3071
Overview Partners in a Sistersville general store, Joshua and William Russell were merchants who conducted business along either side of the Ohio River between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The daybooks and ledgers document the trade of their Sistersville store. The daybooks record daily transactions with many examples of barter payment in labor or agricultural goods. These transactions were then transferred to ledgers which contained running accounts for each customer. The ledgers include a...
Dates: 1822-1857
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.P. Carney, Civil War Era Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 3597
Overview Diary of John P. Carney of Moundsville and Benwood, West Virginia, from January to October 1864, chiefly documenting Carney's daily activities, the weather, and movement on the Ohio River and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). Carney initially writes from Moundsville, where he appears to be a student, and then from Benwood, where he begins work at the B&O Railroad depot in May 1864. Almost daily entries record the weather and its effects on the Ohio River, including the amount of...
Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julius G. Lorence, Soldier, Civil War Letter Regarding Stonewall Brigade in Jackson's Romney Campaign

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Collection Number: A&M 3970
Overview

Letter written by Confederate soldier Julius G. Lorence (also spelled Lorenz and Lowrence), who served in the 27th Regiment Virginia Infantry, Company E, which was part of the "Stonewall Brigade". The letter is dated 12 January 186[2] and is addressed to Lorence's friend "Charley" and describes Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's attack against Dam No. 5 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. See "Scope and Content Note" for further information.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates: 1887-1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.V. Blair Printed Materials

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Collection Number: A&M 0330
Scope and Contents

Printed materials on politics and education, including copies of The Ohio Bimetallist, Bellaire, Ohio, 1898; the Fairmont Normal Bulletin, Fairmont, W. Va., January, 1899; broadsides; and a "list of Subscribers, Central West Va. Telephone Association," showing 1600 connections in central and northern West Virginia, ca. 1900.

Dates: 1894-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling

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Collection Number: A&M 5179
Overview Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf regarding his study of people who supported the Confederacy in Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1861. Includes manuscript research notes and facsimiles of documents regarding prisoners of war; traitors; legislative petitions (topics include transportation, education, banking, temperance, and property); military service (including the Shriver Grays, a Confederate unit organized in Wheeling in 1861); religion; black newspapers and...
Dates: 1819-2004, undated; Majority of material found within 1850s-1860s; Majority of material found within 2000-2004
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Land Title Certificates

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Collection Number: A&M 2437
Overview

Xerox copy of the Transallegheny Historical Magazine, 1901-1902, listing land title certificates issued mostly in Morgantown and Clarksburg for pioneer settlements in the 1770's for Ohio, Monongalia, and Yohogania counties in the state of Virginia. These land grants are not mentioned in Sims. Also included are names of stream and river branches. Indexed.

Dates: 1770-1779
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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
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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
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Ford, J. B. 2
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Garrett, John W. 2
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Grafton Rotary Club 2
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 2
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 2
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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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