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Series 5. Subject Files, 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series — Box 8
Scope and Contents
This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont...
Dates:
1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles)
Civil War Era Materials [4 items], 1862-1863
File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes a November 24, 1862 proclamation issued by Virginia governor Francis H. Pierpont summoning the State General Assembly to convene in Wheeling to discuss the West Virginia statehood bill before the United States Congress.
Dates:
1862-1863
Series 6. Telegrams, 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series — Box 9
Scope and Contents
This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the "Loyal" or "Restored" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as...
Dates:
1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series 1. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 1-4, 1861-1895, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
The correspondence series includes letters from Arthur Boreman to his brother Jacob in Kansas City, Missouri, which are generally personal but which also include numerous statements regarding political events in West Virginia; a letter from Boreman to George Summers, a prominent politician of western Virginia; and letters between Boreman and Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. These letters are entirely political and discuss important...
Dates:
1861-1895, undated
Series 1. Correspondence, Boxes 1-24, 1830-1905, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont...
Dates:
1830-1905, undated
Item Nos. 281-300, 1860
File — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Topics include:
Politics: Items 281, 286-288, 290, 292-298, 300 (invitations to speak for Bell and Everett, and their success in Virginia; newspapers in Virginia)
Family and Friends: Items 282, 299 (son and Francis H. Pierpont)
Law/Business: Items 283-285, 289, 291 (legal matters with clients)
Dates:
1860
Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers, 1793-1974, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series — Box 8-9
Scope and Contents
This series includes individual and family papers (manuscript and typescript letters, clippings, images, etc.) of West Virginians; manuscript and typescript letters, clippings, commissions, etc. regarding the Civil War, West Virginia politics, and other topics; a manuscript roll book of a Confederate sergeant (1862); and two manuscript Civil War diaries (Confederate diary: 1864; Union diary: 1864-1865). The individual and family papers include material related to the Barney,...
Dates:
1793-1974, undated (includes facsimiles)
Series 1a. Incoming Correspondence -- Transcribed/Copied [boxes 1-4], 1840–1898
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series includes letters written to Waitman T. Willey (WTW). The letters can be divided into four major categories: politics; governmental service and the Civil War; family and church affairs; and law and business activities. Willey wrote the name of the correspondent and the date on each letter. The letters have been previously divided into "copied" (Series 1a.) and "not copied" (Series 1b.) categories; the former refers to a select number of the...
Dates:
1840–1898
Series 1b. Incoming Correspondence -- Non-Transcribed/Not Copied [boxes 4-16], 1833–1900
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series includes letters written to Waitman T. Willey (WTW). The letters can be divided into four major categories: politics; governmental service and the Civil War; family and church affairs; and law and business activities. Willey wrote the name of the correspondent and the date on each letter. The letters have been previously divided into "copied" (Series 1a.) and "not copied" (Series 1b.) categories; the former refers to a select number of the...
Dates:
1833–1900