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Language
English
Abstract
A collection of clippings from various newspapers for the period 1861-1873. The clippings were pasted in the register book
of McClure House Hotel, which was discovered among the Ohio County Court records. Subjects covered by the clippings include
Civil War military operations and battles, the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy, Ohio County election returns for 1872, a controversy over the reorganization of the government in Berkeley
County, controversy over moving the state capitol, and the constitutional convention of 1873.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Newspaper Clippings, A&M 2227, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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