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Language
English
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Abstract
Two items collected by Oscar Doane Lambert, including: 1) a blank check from the Merchants and Mechanics' Bank of Wheeling
at Morgantown (ca. 1850-1859) and 2) a postcard depicting the lynching of Joseph Brown of Whitmer, Randolph County. Please
note that, as depicted on the postcard, this photograph could be disturbing to some viewers. The postcard includes a manuscript
narrative recorded to the back describing the lynching, which involved the shooting of policeman Scott White.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Oscar Doane Lambert, Collector, Check from Merchants and Mechanics' Bank
of Wheeling and Postcard Depicting a Lynching, A&M 1087, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University
Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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