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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

Parkersburg Town Council Journals

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Collection Number: A&M 1422
Overview Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors...
Dates: 1826-1862, 1869-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
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Roane County (W. Va.) 1
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Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
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Armstrong, Ned. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Brown, James H. 1
Burdett, John S. 1
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
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Confederate States of America 1
Cranmer, Gibson L. (Gibson Lamb), 1826-1903 1
Cumberland Road 1
Despard, C.S. 1
Duvall, George W. 1
Flesher, A. 1
Frost, Daniel Marsh, 1823-1900. 1
Harnsborough, Mayor. 1
Haymond, Jonathan. 1
Horton, W. 1
Jackson, John J. 1
Lamb, Daniel. 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
McComas, Judge. 1
Park, J.A. 1
Parkersburg Town Council 1
Patrick, Dr. 1
Roberts, L.A. 1
Ruffner, Lewis, 1797-1883. 1
Scott, J.F. 1
Smith, Col. B.H. 1
Smith, Joseph. 1
Summers, Judge. 1
Tompkins, Charles H., 1830- 1
Turner, F.P. 1
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 1
Ward, Everett. 1
Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wise, O. Jennings. 1
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