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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence and business papers of the family of George Koonce of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County. Koonce was a prominent
Unionist during the Civil War, a representative at the 1861 Wheeling Convention, and later a member of the West Virginia State
Senate. The correspondence spans 1854 to 1920 (the bulk of which is from the period 1870 to 1900) and principally includes
personal letters to and from family members spread out from Baltimore to Galveston, Texas. The topics, for the most part,
involve family matters although there are some letters discussing politics and the Civil War. There are also some business
papers concerning the firm of George Koonce & Son, a Harpers Ferry general store, and tax receipts.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George W. Koonce Family Papers, A&M 0407, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.