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Language
English
Abstract
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition
of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county
of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession
and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission
for the new state of West Virginia to be formed from Virginia (May 12, 1863). Also includes a photostat negative of a typescript
checklist of Pierpont manuscript material held at the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia) (1916). Correspondents
include: Arthur I. Boreman, John I. Brown, William G. Brown, A.W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Spencer Dayton, James Evans,
Thomas. M. Harris, J.H. Jordan, Daniel Lamb, J.A.J. Lightburn, A.F. Ritchie, Lewis Ruffner, Henry I. Samuels, J.C. Paxton,
P.G. Van Winkle, and John O. Watson.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies), A&M
0420, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.