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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Civil War Correspondence and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1330
Scope and Contents Forty-nine letters of Ephraim W. Frost of Co J., 116th Reg, Ohio Vol Inf. Frost, who lived in Coolville, Ohio, near Parkersburg, was stationed at Moorefield, Martinsburg, near Romney, Winchester and Sleepy Creek in Morgan County, where his Reg. was guarding the B & O. The letters comment on fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 around Woodstock, mention of McNeill, Imboden, and Mosby, and contain much on camp life in the eastern panhandle area. Frost was wounded near Piedmont in May...
Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob Lester, Soldier, Civil War Letters

 Collection
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: 1864-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James K. Robson, Soldier, Civil War Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3775
Overview Civil War diary of ca. 160 pages kept by Private James K. Robson of the New York 8th Cavalry, Company E, for the year 1862. Though diary entries are short, they are pithy and informative for every day of the year, documenting highlights from the perspective of an army private. The diary begins with a description of guard duties and camp life in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. (January to March), and activities during the Valley Campaign guarding the railroad and Harpers Ferry from Thomas...
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James P. Noffsinger, Author, Typescript Regarding Physical History of Harpers Ferry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3712
Overview

Typescript of 278 pages regarding Harper Ferry entitled "Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Contributions Towards a Physical History" authored by James P. Noffsinger of the U.S. National Park Service. Includes historical narrative and an extensive compilation of transcripts of historical documents. There are also 14 facsimiles of maps and 10 photographs.

Dates: 1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jefferson County Court Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2447
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the tax book (1871) for Averill Township in Jefferson County, West Virginia; the tax book for Bolivar and Harpers Ferry Township, Jefferson County, 1871; and the Registrar's list of voters, precinct 1 Harpers Ferry (Oak Grove), Jefferson County, 1910.

Dates: 1871, 1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Brown (1800-1859) Clippings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0335
Overview Clippings and illustrations regarding abolitionist and activist John Brown, who led a raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859, precipitating the American Civil War. Includes: 1) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Independent Democrat" of Charlestown, Virginia from 10-25-1859 including article giving an account of the raid by John Brown; 2) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Daily Enquirer" of Richmond, Virginia from 11-21-1859 including copy of Brown's petition for a writ of error in his trial;...
Dates: 1859, 1909
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3108
Overview Contains letters, documents, letter-books, manuscripts and articles relating to John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Topics include abolitionist activities, including those in Kansas and Harpers Ferry, farm business, and family matters. Included are bits of fatherly advice, insight into the wool industry of the mid-1800's, eyewitness commentary on events in the abolitionist movement, and a phrenological description of John Brown. Names mentioned are Jason Brown, Owen Brown, Frederick Douglass,...
Dates: 1821-1932
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Brown Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0336
Scope and Contents

Photostat copies of court records from the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Jefferson County, (W) Va., relating to the trial of John Brown and the others for the raid on Harper's Ferry.

Dates: 1859-1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Brown Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1475
Scope and Contents

Letter from Brown's cousin, Luther Humphrey, dated Windham, Portage Co, O. November 12, 1859 extolling Brown's course of action; Brown's reply, dated Charlestown, Jefferson Co, Va., November 19, 1859, in which he upholds the righteousness of his cause.

Dates: 1859
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Junior Rockenbaugh Autograph Album

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2697
Overview

An autograph album belonging to Junior Rockenbaugh of Bolivar, WV. The album contains six pages of printed instructions on collecting autographs, eight pages bearing autographs of civic, political, and business figures from Harpers Ferry and Bolivar, WV, and eight pages on which stamps were pasted. Many stamps have been removed.

Dates: 1936
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center