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Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Newspaper Clippings

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Collection Number: A&M 0419
Overview

Photostat copies of newspaper clippings from the Daily Enquirer and Examiner (Richmond, Virginia). Includes the order appointing Henry H. Wells to succeed Francis H. Pierpont as Governor of Virginia, and two editorials about Pierpont (April 6 and 27, 1868). The articles suggest that Pierpont was unpopular in Richmond at this time.

Dates: 1868
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates: 1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Siviter Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0113
Overview

Anna Pierpont Siviter's notes and typescript draft with holograph notes of Recollections on Civil War (Recollections of War and Peace, 1861-1868). Also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished poems, and genealogy of the Pierpont, Siviter, and Pryor families.

Dates: 1883-1936; Majority of material found within 1905-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material

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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

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Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 2
Siviter, Anna Pierpont, 1859-1932 2
Siviter, William Henry, 1858-1939. 2
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Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 1
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 1
Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899. 1
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 1
Confederate States of America 1
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 1
Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1
Cumberland Road 1
Daily Enquirer and Examiner (Richmond, Va.) 1
Dayton, Spencer 1
Duvall, George W. 1
Flesher, A. 1
Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Harnsborough, Mayor. 1
Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906 1
Haymond, Jonathan. 1
Horton, W. 1
Lamb, Daniel. 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901. 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 1
McComas, Judge. 1
Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
Park, J.A. 1
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Rathbone, John Castelli 1
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 1
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Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 1
Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1
Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 1
Scott, J.F. 1
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872 1
Siviter family 1
Smith, Col. B.H. 1
Smith, Joseph. 1
Society of the Army of West Virginia 1
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 1
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Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
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