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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers, A&M 0086, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad, and the Iron Valley and Morgantown Railroad companies. The papers reflect many aspects of activities of the Democratic Party in West Virginia, ca. 1880-1899. There is a scrapbook of Rose McGraw relating largely to Mount de Chantal Academy at Wheeling. There is also a Yale Law School Senior Examination for 1876. Correspondents include J.N. Camden, John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, Alston G. Dayton, C.J. Faulkner, A.B. Fleming, John B. Floyd, Alvaro F. Gibbens, Septimus/Septimius Hall, J.J. Jackson, John J. Jacob, Virgil A. Lewis, Earl W. Oglebay, William A. Ohley, George C. Sturgiss, A.B. White, Israel C. White, W.P. Willey, and William Wilson.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Academies (Private schools)
• Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
• Coal mining.
• Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
• Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
• Dayton, Alston Gordon
• Democratic National Convention
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
• Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
• Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
• Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837-
• Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
• Jackson, J.B.
• Jackson, J.J.
• Jacob, John Jeremiah.
• Land.
• Lawyers - letters and papers.
• Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912
• Lumber trade
• McGraw, John T.
• McGraw, Rose.
• Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.)
• Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926
• Ohley, William A.
• Petroleum industry and trade
• Politics and government.
• Railroads
• Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
• Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad.
• Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad.
• Railroads - Morgantown Railroad.
• Sturgiss, George C.
• Taylor County (W. Va.)
• White, A.B.
• White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927
• Willey, William P. (William Patrick)
• Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900
• Women's schools.