1.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 10 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (1 ledger, 2 in.)
Creator
Hoffman, John Stringer (1821-1877)
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
Legal correspondence and papers of a Clarksburg lawyer who specialized in land title litigation and served as associate judge
of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1862-1876. Papers pertain to lands in the central counties of West Virginia.
Subjects include: the James Swan lands; European immigration to West Virginia following the Civil War; New York Southern Land
Company; Philadelphia International Land Association; state economic development during Reconstruction; and timberlands on
Shaver's Mountain. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, John S. Carlile, William Henry Edwards, David Goff, and Cyrus Hall.
One volume is a record of the settlement of the estate of Judge Hoffman, 18 November 1877-1 January 1892 (eleventh and last
settlement), by G.D. Camden and J.R. Boggess.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Stringer Hoffman (1821-1877) Papers, A&M 1703, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.