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Language
English
Abstract
A letter written to his parents in West Chester, Pennsylvania, describing his travels from Maysville, Kentucky to Natural
Bridge, Virginia, on the way to Richmond, Virginia. Everhart vividly describes the conditions he experienced in travel by
steamboat and stage and the mountain scenery he passed through. Sites mentioned are Guyandotte, Virginia, Charleston, West
Virginia, White and Blue Sulphur Springs, and The Hawk's Nest.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James Everhart Letter, A&M 2988, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.