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Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers
Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
David Goff Papers
Doddridge County Reminiscences
A short history of Doddridge County, 1846-1893 entitled "Reminiscences Of Doddridge County by a Former Inhabitant." J.H. Diss DeBarr, the author, describes early residents, taverns, roads, transportation, and newspapers in Doddridge County.
Eugene Levassor Papers
F.B. Voegele, Collector, Papers
These items include an autograph letter of Governor J.B. Jackson, 1884; and embossed state seal with the autograph signature of Governor Henry M. Mathews, ca. 1877-1861; and a picture of Joseph H. Diss Debar, designer of the W. Va. State seal.
J.A. Earl, Compiler, Historical Sketches (Typescript)
These historical sketches compiled by J.A. Earl include "The History of Methodism in West Union and Doddridge County, 1778-1958," "The Life of Joseph H. Diss Debar," and "A Biographical History of Schools and Education in Doddridge County, 1883" (on microfilm). Also includes "A Hundred Years of Doddridge County History," by Louis Edwin Jones.
Jonathan M. Bennett (1816-1887) Papers
Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) Correspondence
Correspondence between Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905), who was West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration, and Judge John S. Hoffman. The correspondence includes two agreements (1873) and nine letters (1873-1874) concerning land sales. Hoffman is likely John Stringer Hoffman (1821-1877), a Clarksburg lawyer who specialized in land title litigation (see A&M 1703, Hoffman, John Stringer. Papers).
Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) Letters
Typescript copy of a letter from J. H. Diss Debar, as Secretary of State Immigration and Relief Society of West Virginia, from Parkersburg, to John Wanstreet, St. Clara Colony, Deddridge County, concerning the sale of lots and issuing deeds to the purchasers.