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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Johnson, Virginia Delegate, Letter regarding Secession Convention, A&M 4274, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Letter from William Johnson, who at the time represented Barbour County in the Virginia House of Delegates. The letter may be addressed to Colonel Jesse Teter, Esq.; it was sent from Richmond, VA, and dated 1861 March 25. It includes a recounting of recent events in the House, and mentions "the Hamilton Draft", a bill transferring the James River and Kanawha Canal to "the French Company", the activities of the Virginia Secession Convention and the author's concerns about its effectiveness. He also mentions a Mr. Woods, possibly Samuel Woods, the representative to the Convention from Barbour County, as "one of the leading members from the West." There is also a modern handwritten transcription of the letter (undated).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Statehood politics -- West Virginia
• West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865