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Romney (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Luther Haymond, Surveyor, Diary and Surveyor's Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0772
Scope and Contents

A hand written journal kept by Col. Luther Haymond of Harrison County, [W.] Va., from 1830-1833, telling of his travels and experiences at the time. The journal notes Haymond’s observations while traveling by horse from Harrison County, West Virginia, to Baltimore, Maryland. There are descriptions of Baltimore, Romney, Charles Town, and other places.

Dates: 1830-1833
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. Raymond Cook, Collector, Hampshire County Historical Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2338
Overview

School lists for Springfield and Duck Lick, Hampshire County, 1906 and 1907; hand-written Act of the West Virginia Legislature creating a School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, 1871; and an agreement between George Deaver and John Eaton relating to the sale of a tract of land in Hampshire County, 1887.

Dates: 1871, 1887, 1906, 1907
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peter Steenbergen, Ledger for Inn at Romney, Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2337
Overview

Ledger book for an inn or ordinary in Romney, (West) Virginia operated by Peter Steenbergen. The ledger contains entries from 1766-1775; there is a name index at the back.

Dates: 1766-1775
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William M. Goudy, Soldier, Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0922
Overview Three pocket diaries authored by William M. Goudy of Wheeling, (West) Virginia, a corporal in the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company G, who was mustered into service on 31 October 1862. The entries run from January 1862 through November 1864, when Goudy's company was mustered out at Wheeling. Diary entries are brief and sporadic; subjects discussed include weather, marches, encampments, drilling and inspection, combat, eating, church attendance and sermons, and social visits and...
Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center