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Language
English
Abstract
Various Pittenger family members wrote these letters, mostly to other family members. The most frequent correspondent is Abraham
Pittenger, a farmer, teacher, and local government official in Hancock County. The letters detail farming and marketing of
farm goods, educational developments, affairs of the Presbyterian Church, and family events. The collection also provides
significant information about the early Republican party, secession crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pittenger Family Letters, A&M 3127, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.