0 Linear Feet, Summary: 61 pages (photocopies and transcripts)
Creator
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884
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
Includes both transcriptions and photocopies of original manuscripts of Samuel Price's 1828 law license and an 1879 life history
from his birth through 1866. Also included are transcriptions of newspaper articles and letters concerning Price's life and
death, and his funeral service. Samuel Price was born July 28, 1805. He served as Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the
Civil War. He was president of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia in 1872, which framed the present day constitution.
He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which passed the ordinance of secession, but he did not vote for or sign
the ordinance when it passed. He was also a member of the West Virginia State Legislature and a representative of West Virginia
in the United States Senate. Price died February 25, 1884.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel Price, Politician, Papers, A&M 3239, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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