0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)
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
Correspondence to Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic
politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). The letters discuss
antebellum Virginia politics, legal cases, land deals, banking, river improvement, personal business, and family relations.
Correspondents include George W. Berlin, Johnson Newlon Camden, R.P. Camden, John S. Carlile, John A. Dille, John Hall, A.F.
Haymond, George A. Jackson, John J. Jackson Jr., Z. Jacob, B.H. Lurty, Peter G. Van Winkle, Benjamin Wilson, and Samuel Woods.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Gideon Draper Camden Correspondence, A&M 2167, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.