0.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 7 1/2 in. (2 unboxed scrapbooks)
Creator
McCleery, William, 1741-1821
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The papers of Colonel William McCleery of Morgantown, a Revolutionary War veteran, attorney, county clerk, prosecuting attorney,
representative from Monongalia County to the Federal Constitutional Convention, founder of the Presbyterian Church in Morgantown,
and landholder and purchasing agent. The papers include correspondence, typescripts, land records, and some printed materials.
Much of the correspondence is between McCleery and his agent, Benjamin Oden of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, regarding a debt
owed McCleery by General Henry Lee. Later letters to Matthew Gay concern the purchase, operation, and sale of the Monongalia
Iron Works, and landholdings in Ohio and Indiana. The typescripts include sketches of McCleery, Isabelle Stockton McCleery,
John Minor, and James Swan. Correspondents include William Shinn and James and John Swan. Other letters are by or mention
Aaron Burr, William Haymond, Thomas Jefferson, Zackquill Morgan, and John Rutherford.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William McCleery (1741-1821) Papers, A&M 0146, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.