Lewisburg (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Nathaniel V. Wilson Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0509
Overview
Letters to Wilson at Farmville, Virginia, and Charleston, West Virginia, from members of his family at: the University of Virginia; Lewisburg, West Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Clarksville, Virginia. Includes references to family business affairs, the Ruffner-Donnally salt works at Charleston, purchase of slaves, and medical education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and 1844.
Dates:
1834-1850
O.P. Sydenstricker Prescription Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1005
Overview
Three prescription books kept by O.P. Sydenstricker, Druggist and Apothecary, of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Dates:
1884-1886; 1888-1889; 1893-1894
Reverend John Spotts Manuscript Notebook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4268
Scope and Contents
Bound manuscript notebook belonging to Reverend John Spotts (1784-1838). The notebook includes manuscript notes by Rev. Spotts recording the subjects of sermons he gave in various settlements, baptisms, his notes on the Ten Commandments, notes on intemperance, and a 6 page list of names of subscribers to the building of the Big Levels Baptist Church of Christ (today known as Mount Tabor Baptist Church) to be built in Lewisburg, WV. Additional information about the church, and some...
Dates:
ca. 1834
Robert Young, Resident of Greenbrier County, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3576
Overview
Papers of Robert Young of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. Includes original deeds, store billings, correspondence, receipts, notes of obligation, etc.
Dates:
1790-1828
Scott-Palmer Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1423
Overview
Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio). Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and printed materials. The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI. There are also papers of Palmer's wife, Saida Scott, who taught music. Addendum of 1996/09/23 contains a...
Dates:
1856-1917
Stuart Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2586
Scope and Contents
Papers of John and Lewis Stuart, 1785-1823, and of Samuel Price, 1830-1879. Price's papers include mainly legal and business correspondence related to Price's law practice in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Stuart papers concern settlement in Greenbrier County, land transactions, and family matters. The collection includes lawyer's fee books and account books for general merchandise, ca.1830-1880. There are also printed booklets of court briefs, pamphlets concerning "the slavery...
Dates:
1785-1880
Thomas Creigh, Lewisburg General Store Ledger
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3078
Overview
Thomas Creigh, a Greenbrier County pioneer and land speculator, was a long-time Lewisburg merchant. Born 1766 in Ireland, he emigrated to Greenbrier Co. in the 1790s and became a relative through marriage of Col. John Stuart, a local prominent citizen. This ledger documents the trading activity of his general store and it is especially reflective of the bartering system which characterized much of the nineteenth century rural economy. Included in the front of the volume is an index of...
Dates:
1833-1841