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Turnpikes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2257
Overview Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant...
Dates: 1766-1933 and undated; 1833-1933

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1517
Overview Letter to Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Contains letter from James Brown, Jr., 2nd Auditors Office, dated 2 November 1849, informing Camden that the Board of Public Works will probably supply additional capital for the completion of the Weston and Fairmont Turnpike, of which company Camden was...
Dates: 1849

Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties Legislative Petitions

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3048
Overview

Petitions from northwestern counties to the Virginia State legislature for internal improvements, namely turnpikes, railroads and river navigation claims. Mention is made of the Ohio River, Little Kanawha River, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Northwestern Turnpike.

Dates: 1846-1854