Skip to main content

Berkeley Springs (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2168
Scope and Contents

Selected letters and portions of the diary of John P. Kennedy, a Baltimore essayist and novelist. The letters describe Kennedy's many visits to Berkeley Springs and White Sulpher Springs. These items were copied from the originals which are held by the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1848-1857

John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1301
Scope and Contents

Papers of a Baltimore essayist and novelist which include selected materials pertaining to the Berkeley Springs-Martinsburg-Winchester area, visits to Richmond, Salt Sulphur, and White Sulphur Springs, and a journey in 1850 to Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville from Kennedy's journal, 1848-1855; and his diary, 1829-1832. There are also selected letters and portions of a diary copied from originals in the Library of Congress.

Dates: 1829-1862