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Eugene Levassor Papers, 1796-1894 A&M 1363

Eugene Levassor Papers, 1796-1894 A&M 1363


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1363
Title
Eugene Levassor Papers 1796-1894
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198222
Quantity
0.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Levassor, Eugene
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
Correspondence, business and legal papers, maps and printed materials of a French emigre, land speculator, and merchant from Cincinnati and Parkersburg. Subjects include Levassor's extensive landholdings in Kanawha, Lincoln, Jackson, Wood, Wirt, and Monongalia counties, and activities of his land agents; James Swann lands; the coming of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad to Parkersburg; the Panic of 1857 in that city; oil fever in the Wood County area, 1859-1866; and the activities of J.H. Diss Debar, West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration. Correspondents include J.H. Diss Debar, James M. Laidley, Charles Lisez, and Alexander Quarrier.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Eugene Levassor Papers, A&M 1363, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss.
  • French immigrants.
  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Kanawha County (W. Va.)
  • Laidley, James M.
  • Land.
  • Levassor, Eugene
  • Lincoln County (W. Va.)
  • Lisez, Charles.
  • Maps.
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Panic of 1857.
  • Parkersburg.
  • Petroleum industry and trade
  • Quarrier, Alexander.
  • Railroads - Northwestern Virginia Railroad.
  • Swann, James.
  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss.
  • Laidley, James M.
  • Levassor, Eugene
  • Lisez, Charles.
  • Quarrier, Alexander.
  • Swann, James.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Kanawha County (W. Va.)
  • Lincoln County (W. Va.)
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Parkersburg.
  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)
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