- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
A.I. Boreman Papers - 1946 accession (4 items); Autograph letter signed. From F.H. Pierpont, Richmond, to Governor Boreman,
Wheeling. Marked "Private Again" at top of sheet; Pierpont advises Boreman to have legislation passed establishing a sinking
fund to pay West Virginia's share of the Virginia state debt; advises him further to pay off West Virginia's share by buying
Virginia bonds at depreciated values; comments on the deteriorating situation in Virginia's state government. With envelope
19 December 1866
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
A.I. Boreman Papers - 1946 accession (cont.); Typescript letter signed. From Henry J. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary of
the Society of the Army of West Virginia, Cumberland, MD, to Mrs. Pierpont
23 September 1884
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
A.I. Boreman Papers - 1946 accession (cont.); Envelope (War Department stationery) addressed to Boreman (This envelope is
not meant to be in this folder--it probably belongs with one of the hostage letters in Series 3)
27 July [no year]
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
A.I. Boreman Papers - 1946 accession (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Parkersburg, West Virginia, to Colonel
T.F. Lang, Baltimore. Acknowledges receipt of a copy of "Loyal West Virginia" and makes corrections on one part of the history
of the formation of the state, that of the exact date of Boreman's inauguration and the circumstances and date of Governor
Pierpont's removal of the Restored Government of Virginia to Alexandria
3 October 1895
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
A.I. Boreman - F.H. Pierpont Letters (2 items); Autograph letter signed. From F.H. Pierpont, Alexandria, Virginia, to Governor
Boreman, [Wheeling]. Discusses return of a man named Thompson (possibly a hostage taken for return of Union men captured in
raids) to Virginia - Pierpont wants him returned to spare himself further expense and anxiety in a suit brought against him
by Thompson; discusses weakness in Lincoln's administration of the war and of General Grant's command; mentions his financial
difficulties as a result of three years dedication to the Restored Government of Virginia
18 May 1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
A.I. Boreman - F.H. Pierpont Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From F.H. Pierpont, Fairmont, West Virginia, to A.I.
Boreman, [Washington]. Discusses the case of a claim for an unpaid voucher for horse care during the war; advises Boreman
to vote against the treaty which includes the warship "Alabama" claims by the British; voices his opinions on General Grant's
presidential administration - finds Grant's administration the weakest the U.S. government has ever seen and lists his reasons
for believing that; fears Grant's enforcement act will ruin the party
18 May 1872
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (13 items); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Discusses the pros and cons of A.I.'s upcoming marriage
11 November 1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, Kansas
City, Missouri. More on A.I.'s marriage; discusses prospects of outlawing slavery in Maryland, West Virginia, and Missouri;
hopes that other states will follow suit and that slavery will soon be gone forever from the United States. With envelope
15 December 1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Congratulates Jacob on his appointment to judiciary; asks to be sent a copy of the new Missouri constitution;
discusses the difficulties of a political life, especially with regard to its financial insecurity; asks about investment
opportunities in Missouri; asks about the possibilities of selling land warrants in Kansas City for the endowment of a West
Virginia Agricultural College; discusses the difficult situation of a returning rebel in West Virginia
12 May 1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Marked Private at head of letter; discusses the fight for the adoption of an amendment to the West Virginia
constitution disfranchising rebels and making them ineligible for public office; declares his amazement at the extent of opposition
to it and claims nearly all the wealth of the state, and a large part of the ability are against it; feels confident it will
pass, however; advises Jacob on his upcoming marriage
14 May 1866
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Discusses A.I.'s expectations that he will be renominated for governor of West Virginia; mentions the burning
of his storehouse in Parkersburg with the accompanying loss of three or four thousand dollars; hopes Missouri will be carried
by the "Radicals"; has fears for Maryland in the election and is concerned with the influence of the Blairs of Maryland on
the President; mentions his lobbying effort with Senator Van Winkle to have a Kansas railway bill passed; notes the passage
of the amendment to disfranchise rebels by a substantial majority; warns Jacob of potential unpleasantness if he visits Parkersburg
because of the rebel politics of some family friends
26 June 1866
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]
15 September 1866
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Discusses party politics in West Virginia and new federal financial policies, including A.I.'s disapproval
of W. McCulloch's policy of contracting the currency
25 November 1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Washington, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Advises brother on his interest in the newspaper business; discusses difficulties presented by the rebel
suffrage question at the new state constitutional convention; presents his opinions of Senator Schurz of Missouri, especially
of his positions on reconstruction, and his tendency to philosophize rather than be practical; comments on the healthy growth
and prosperity of Kansas City; discusses the financial success of their brothers and wishes the one worst off would go to
Kansas where he could make a good living for his family; describes the successes of his life with satisfaction; asks Jacob
to destroy the letter
29 May 1870
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Washington, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Describes progress in securing a political appointment for Jacob; advises Jacob to pursue other business
and not count on political appointments; cannot understand how he can be having financial difficulties in such a prosperous
country [the West]; laments his own ill health and financial insecurities
8 May 1872
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Washington, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Asks Jacob to send no more recommendations - he has enough to show the President that Missouri Republicans
endorse his application for a judicial appointment; he will receive the next vacancy but A.I. cannot guarantee when that will
be
20 May 1872
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Washington, to Jacob Boreman, [Kansas
City, Missouri]. Advises Jacob not to count on an early appointment; expects he will receive the first available, but cannot
tell when that will be; sends copies of Congressional Globes for Jacob's information
31 May 1872
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Parkersburg, WV, to Jacob Boreman,
[Kansas City, Missouri]. Discusses financial affairs of their brother Thomas; A. I. mentions he is checking on the Colorado
judgeship for Jacob; notes Republican victory in West Virginia for Grant and Wilson; wonders whether Democratic Party is in
as great a disarray as seems - if so the Republicans may hold the state, but fears the Democrats' "powers of cohesion and
recuperation" may win out; regrets the Republicans did not carry Missouri; fears Frank Blair will be reelected to the Senate
from Missouri; wonders whether they might do something to prevent that, but reconsiders that at least Blair will only damage
his own party as a Senator and is really better in that respect than other Democrats might be
20 November 1872
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A.I. Boreman - Jacob Boreman Letters (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Parkersburg, WV, to Jacob Boreman,
[no location]. Mentions his hard work in court this term; discusses the work Jacob has been doing on their genealogy; mentions
his hope that he may write some family history; asks Jacob about a conflict over the seating of delegates at Utah's constitutional
convention; is concerned about which party, Republican or Democrat, or even Populist of Silver men, will represent Utah in
the Senate; hopes it will fall to the Republicans, but guesses the Democrats expect to gain control or the Democratic U.S.
Congress would not have admitted the state; gives his opinion of Stephen B. Elkins, rating him a "good and useful citizen"
after describing the business activities of Elkins in West Virginia; expresses concern that the Republicans may lose control
of West Virginia; notes the importance the silver question will have in the 1896 Presidential campaign
April 1895
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
A.I. Boreman - Other Correspondence (4 items); Autograph letter signed. From A.I. Boreman, Richmond, to George W. Summers,
[no location]. Letter marked "private & confidential"; expresses Boreman's deep concern about the crisis looming in the country
at the time; mentions the upcoming Virginia state convention at which the secession question will be considered; asks Summers
to become a candidate for delegate to the convention; Boreman expresses his fear that if the U.S. Government fails, the best
government in the world will have failed and the only chance for real freedom will be gone; the future will be "impenetrable
gloom"
15 January 1861
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A.I. Boreman - Other Correspondence (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From William P. Rucker, Marietta, Ohio, to Governor
A.I. Boreman, [Wheeling]. Thanks Boreman for getting him out of rebel prison, where he had been taken after a raid; offers
his services to lead a raid to disrupt rebel railroads and telegraph facilities in southwestern Virginia, release Union prisoners
in Lynchburg and Danville, and destroy Confederate specie and supplies stored there; wants sufficient protection for himself
and the men he would need and a commission with which to provide for his family; asks Governor Boreman's influence with military
planners in Washington in getting his plan accepted
27 November 1863
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A.I. Boreman - Other Correspondence (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From three Convention Committee members, Wheeling, WV,
to Honorable A.I. Boreman, Wheeling, WV. Officially informs Boreman that he has been nominated by the convention for the office
of Governor of West Virginia
6 August 1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
A.I. Boreman - Other Correspondence (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From R.G. Bass, Wheeling, to Colonel H.W. Crothers,
Wellsburg, WV. Regarding an outstanding order involving Governor Boreman
16 June 1869
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