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Clarksburg (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

George Jackson (1757-1831) Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1748
Overview

Letter from a Clarksburg attorney, justice of the peace, delegate to the Virginia General Assembly, 1785-1791, 1794, and U.S. congressman, 1795-1797, 1799-1803, "To the Freeholders of the Northwestern Congressional District of Virginia." Jackson expresses his intention not to run for reelection and comments on the political situation and the issues of the day.

Dates: 1803 February 22
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hardy County Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1745
Overview A travel journal, ca. 1857; a diary, 1941; survey records, 1894-1896; account books, 1788-1811 - 1891-1894; county and parish tax levies, 1800; a book of geographic terms and facts kept by Susan I. Branson in 1836; and a Branson family record book. People mentioned include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Places mentioned include: Cincinnati, Ohio; and, in West Virginia, Romney, Evansville, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coolville, Athens, Branch Mountain, Moorefield, Front Run Valley, Camp Branch Run,...
Dates: 1788-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1827
Overview

Records of the Harrison County court, including the first land entry book for the county (1784-1799), four court minute books (1797-1805).

Dates: 1784-1903
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison County Court Records, Two Plats of Downtown Clarksburg

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Collection Number: A&M 4165
Overview Two plats of downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, both of which were surveyed in 1822 to establish "prison rules". Plat dated 20 February 1822 includes an area of ten acres centered on the intersection of Main Street and Second Street. Surveyors include Richard W. Moore and Pearson B. Moore. Plat dated 19 April 1822 includes an area of ten acres containing the intersections of Main Street with First Street and Second Street surveyed by Richard W. Moore. Two additional documents describing the...
Dates: 1822
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Haymond Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0724
Scope and Contents Correspondence, letters, and papers of Thomas Haywood, a surveyor in Harrison County, West Virginia, and Luther Haymond, postmaster of Clarksburg, West Virginia, concerning inquries about land and land purchases in the surrounding areas. Letters are mostly related to business. Also Includes office warrants, surveys, plats, deeds, and a copy of a land grant signed by Patrick Henry.All items listed as having a form of "Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed" were written to...
Dates: 1783-1867; Majority of material found within 1825-1867
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Solomon White Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1732
Overview The manuscript diary of Henry Solomon White, a Corporal and Orderly Sergeant in Company N, Sixth Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry, covering the period of 24 September 1861 to 26 September 1864. Company N was organized at Camp White, in 1861 for a three-year tour of duty guarding the B.&O. and North Western railroads. The company was stationed at various times at Burton, Littleton, Barrackville, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Grafton, and Webster. Squads of this company...
Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ira E. Robinson Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0294
Scope and Contents Papers of Ira E. Robinson (1869-1951), an attorney practicing in Grafton and Clarksburg. Robinson served in the state legislature in 1902-1904, and was a judge in the State Supreme Court of Appeals (1907-1915), a Republican candidate for Governor (1916), and a member of the Federal Radio Commission (1929-1932). The collection includes material documenting his schooling and legal career, as well as his business and financial interests, and personal and family matters. Types of material...
Dates: ca. 1869-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. S. Algeo, An Unpublished History of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, Typed Document

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Collection Number: A&M 2514
Overview

An unpublished history of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company compiled by J.S. Algeo, completed in 1956. In 1885 this firm originated in Wellsburg, West Virginia, as the Hazel Glass Company and established, later, plants at Clarksburg, Grafton, Wheeling, and Washington, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1885-1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob Lester, Soldier, Civil War Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 1022
Overview

Letters home from Jacob Lester of the 1st. Veterans NY Cavalry stationed in West Virginia, which he refers to as the new state of Kanawha. All letters are written from Clarksburg, Middletown, Kelly's Creek, and Camp Piatt, all in West Virginia, during or soon after the Civil War. He talks about the surrender of Confederates, the discharge of Union troops and the fighting he and his unit did in the Shenandoah Valley, particularly around Harpers Ferry.

Dates: 1864-65
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center