Richmond (Va.)
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Wilson, Attorney, Letter Regarding Conditions in Richmond after Passage of Secession Ordinance
Erbie Claire Albright (d. 1964) Papers
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Newspaper Clippings
Photostat copies of newspaper clippings from the Daily Enquirer and Examiner (Richmond, Virginia). Includes the order appointing Henry H. Wells to succeed Francis H. Pierpont as Governor of Virginia, and two editorials about Pierpont (April 6 and 27, 1868). The articles suggest that Pierpont was unpopular in Richmond at this time.
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Siviter Papers
Anna Pierpont Siviter's notes and typescript draft with holograph notes of Recollections on Civil War (Recollections of War and Peace, 1861-1868). Also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished poems, and genealogy of the Pierpont, Siviter, and Pryor families.
George McCandless Porter (1835-1864) Papers
Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material
Henry O. Middleton Correspondence
Letters to Middleton at Buckhannon, VA [now WV] and other places, regarding land sales in several West Virginia counties, with notes on court cases and comment on the fall of Richmond, VA. Correspondents include Allen T. Caperton.
Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers
James Everhart Letter
A letter written to his parents in West Chester, Pennsylvania, describing his travels from Maysville, Kentucky to Natural Bridge, Virginia, on the way to Richmond, Virginia. Everhart vividly describes the conditions he experienced in travel by steamboat and stage and the mountain scenery he passed through. Sites mentioned are Guyandotte, Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, White and Blue Sulphur Springs, and The Hawk's Nest.