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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Goff Papers, A&M 1557, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes ten original letters, seven of which have been transcribed. Subjects include a proposed turnpike from Beverly to Fairmont; a Parkersburg to (Tygart) Valley River railway, Sons of Temperance, and West Virginia politics, 1871. Correspondents are Samuel Woods, Gideon D. Camden, William F. Wilson, and D. W. Shurtliff.

Related Material

627, 975, 983, 1027, 1557

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Beverly (W. Va.)
• Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
• Fairmont.
• Goff, David, 1804?-1878
• Lawyers - letters and papers.
• Parkersburg.
• Politics and government.
• Railroads
• Society of the Sons of Temperance
• Temperance
• Transportation
• Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads.
• Tygart Valley.
• Woods, Samuel.