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Language
English
Abstract
Photocopy of a letter written from the Fort Martin area of Monongalia County by James Popenoe who had visited residents at
his birthplace in an effort to prove his birth in August 1777. Popenoe stood to inherit money based upon his age. The Popenoe
family had come to Monongalia County from Salem, New Jersey, the native home of settlers of Salem, West Virginia.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James Popenoe Letter (copy), A&M 3180, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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