Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, 1841-1952 A&M 0497

Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, 1841-1952 A&M 0497


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0497
Title
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers 1841-1952
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196843
Quantity
0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Creator
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
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
Correspondence, appointment, and notice. Correspondence includes a letter from Gideon D. Camden to Pierpont (1841); a letter from Frances Pierpont Pryor (F.H. Pierpont's granddaughter) to Professor Charles Ambler regarding documents of her grandfathers' which she is sending him and documents she will keep (1952); and a letter from Charles MacCarthy to W.H. Siviter, regarding Pierpont papers used by MacCarthy in writing his Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction (1899). Also includes Francis H. Pierpont's appointment to the West Virginia University Board of Regents (1869) and a Society of the Army of West Virginia reunion notice (1884).

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0497, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


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Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
  • Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
  • Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County
  • Fairmont, WV - Coal mining.
  • Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
  • Politicians -- United States
  • Politics - Western Virginia.
  • Politics and government.
  • Statehood politics -- West Virginia
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • Virginia - Reorganized Government of Virginia.
  • Western Virginia -- Politics
  • Women's history -- 1800-1849
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
  • Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
  • Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • Western Virginia -- Politics