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Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers, 1784-1899 A&M 1188

Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers, 1784-1899 A&M 1188


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1188
Title
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers 1784-1899
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198043
Quantity
0.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)
Creator
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes correspondence, legal documents, photocopies of printed material, and land grants. Subjects of the correspondence include West Virginia politics; the elections of 1840, 1860, and 1861; Reconstruction; the Flick Amendment; Southern sentiment in Clarksburg; and the location of the capital. Other papers deal with Indian scouting between the West Fork and Buckhannon Rivers during the Revolution; land speculation in Harrison and nearby counties; New York merchants and the Civil War; public schools in Shepherdstown, 1850; the Meade Collegiate Institute; Mount de Chantal Academy; Wheeling Female Seminary; the Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad; and the Virginia Debt Question. There are several items of correspondence of the Reverend John S. Martin which relate to Methodism in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C., particularly camp meetings, parish life and the slave question. There are also original and photocopied land grants signed by James Monroe, Edmund Randolph, Patrick Henry, and Henry Lee (late 1700s to early 1800s). Correspondents include Judge John J. Allen, Robert M.T. Hunter, Alexander Campbell, Judge E. J. Pitts, James A. Hall, W.P. Cooper, George W. Thompson, Judge Hugh W. Shuffey, Thomas Maslin, William E. Arnold, J. M. Mason, and Samuel D. Tompkins.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers, A&M 1188, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related Material

1188, 1199, 1221, 1260, 1276, 1495, 1517, 1523, 1868

Separated Material

Separated to Rare Signatures, A&M 435:

Land grant to George Arnold for 163 acres of land in Harrison County, issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia in May 1793, signed by governor Henry Lee.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad
  • Debts, Public -- Virginia
  • Debts, Public -- West Virginia
  • Election of 1840.
  • Election of 1848.
  • Election of 1860.
  • Election of 1868.
  • Harrison County (W. Va.)
  • Land.
  • Lawyers - letters and papers.
  • Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
  • Meadville Collegiate Institute (Wellsburg, Va.)
  • Methodism
  • Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.)
  • Politics and government.
  • Railroads
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Secession
  • Slavery
  • Transportation
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851)
  • West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
  • West Virginia -- Capital and capitol
  • West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment
  • West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872)
  • Women's schools.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
  • Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Harrison County (W. Va.)
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
  • West Virginia -- Capital and capitol
  • West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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