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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Goff Papers, A&M 0627, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Letters to David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). These sixteen letters cover topics including land in Randolph and Tucker counties, politics, the Civil War and the founding of the Conservative at Clarksburg. Correspondents include Charles Marshall, Baltimore, Maryland; Benjamin H. Shackelford, Warrenton, Virginia; G. D. Camden; L. D. Monall; W. P. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia; W. P. Cooper, Clarksburg; W.L. Jackson, Louisville, Kentucky; Robert Johnston, Richmond; and Emmet O'Brien.

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Beverly (W. Va.)
• Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
• Clarksburg Conservative
• Goff, David, 1804?-1878
• Land.
• Lawyers - letters and papers.
• Randolph County (W. Va.)
• Tucker County (W. Va.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865