0 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 reel of microfilm, 1 folder
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
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Abstract
Copies of broadsides, certificates, photographs, and letters pertaining to the formation of the state of West Virginia, its
predecessor the Restored Government of Virginia, and the Civil War, featuring the impact of the latter upon Wheeling. There
are 41 letters written to civilian prisoner-of-war Dr. Alfred Hughes by his wife and other relatives when he was interned
at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio in 1862. (A more detailed inventory of the collection is included in the control folder).
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, Records regarding Statehood,
A&M 0931, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.