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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles Goddard, Collector, Early Virginia and West Virginia Letters, A&M 0089, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

A bound typescript titled "War Times in Mountain Cove, Letters of Nancy Hunt to Refugee Friends in York State, 1862-1865," consisting of nine letters written by Nancy Hunt (1820-1891) in Fayette County to Joseph H, and Francis Hopping in Auburn, New York. The letters were transcribed and annotated by Charles A. Goddard.

There is also a letter from W. Beverley, one of the commissioners for Lord Fairfax on the survey of the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers (1737 July 26) to William Fairfax, and Fairfax's reply, discussing the report on the survey and its maps. Photocopies and transcripts of the letter are also available.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Beverley, W.
• Fairfax, Lord.
• Fairfax, William.
• Hunt, Nancy (1820-1891)
• Maps.
• Potomac River
• Rappahannock River (Va.)
• Rivers and river valleys.
• Surveyors and surveying.
• Women's history -- 1850-1899