0.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Dayton, Spencer
Creator
Dayton, Alston Gordon
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
Business and legal correspondence of Spencer Dayton including letters describing the state legislature of 1872; college correspondence,
biographical sketches, testimonials, and memorials of Alston G. Dayton. Other A. G. Dayton material includes papers and letters
dealing with his support of the "Big Navy " program in congress and his tour of the British Naval Yards in 1903. There are
several family letters including his last letters to his wife. The rest of the collection contains material on family genealogy
and history including papers of Adam See, 1801-1837, a Randolph county lawyer and member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention,
typescript volume , "Records of the See family of Virginia," by T. J. J. See (1913). Correspondents include H. G. Davis, David
Goff, Charles Ambler and T. J. J. See.
A detailed paper guide to this collection can be found in the control folder for A&M 0052. An electronic copy of the same
guide is available through a curator at the History Center.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Spencer and Alston G. Dayton Family Papers, A&M 1216, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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