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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Septimius Hall (1847-1926) Papers, A&M 1634, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Septimius Hall (1847- 1926), a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1872 and a state legislator. Letters concern state politics, 1881-1886, and the Virginia Debt Commission, 1913-1916. Correspondents include: J. J. Woods, Johnson N. Camden, E. D. Talbott, & W. E. Chilton. The papers include an autograph volume with signatures of the members of the State Legislature, 1881-1882.
Added 1/19/1973 are 67 typed poems of the blind poet, John S. Hall (1845-1923), and also a biographical sketch of Hall.
Related Material
561, 1634
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
- Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Elections
- Gallaher, J. W.
- Hall, John S.
- Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
- Jacob, John Jeremiah.
- Poets and poetry.
- Politics and government.
- Shutt, G.W.
- Talbott, E. D.
- Virginia - Debt Commission.
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872.
- West Virginia - Politics and government.
- West Virginia - politics.
- West Virginia. Legislature
- Woods, J. J.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
- Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
- Gallaher, J. W.
- Hall, John S.
- Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
- Jacob, John Jeremiah.
- Shutt, G.W.
- Talbott, E. D.
- Woods, J. J.