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Bradford Noyes (b.1860) Typed Document

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Various subjects discussed include Indian attacks, turnpikes and taverns, the first telegraph system, natural gas illumination, Civil War manufacture of saltpeter, schools and economy in post-Civil War Charleston, salt and chemical industries, carrier pigeons, steamboats on the Kanawha River, and the coming of the railroad to Charleston. Persons mentioned include M.F. Maury, Jr., J.P. Hale, and J.Q. Dickinson.
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Bradford Noyes (b.1860) Typed Document 0 Linear Feet Summary: 46 pages

Noyes, Bradford (b. 1860)
Various subjects discussed include Indian attacks, turnpikes and taverns, the first telegraph system, natural gas illumination, Civil War manufacture of saltpeter, schools and economy in post-Civil War Charleston, salt and chemical industries, carrier pigeons, steamboats on the Kanawha River, and the coming of the railroad to Charleston. Persons mentioned include M.F. Maury, Jr., J.P. Hale, and J.Q. Dickinson.
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Court Records of the Kanawha County "Salt Case"

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Transcripts and records of the 1845 Kanawha County court case of Reynolds V. McFarland, Shrewsbury, et. Al. known as the "Salt Case."

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Court Records of the Kanawha County "Salt Case" 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Kanawha County Court (Kanawha County, W. Va.)

Transcripts and records of the 1845 Kanawha County court case of Reynolds V. McFarland, Shrewsbury, et. Al. known as the "Salt Case."

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Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works Records

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A daybook of the Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works, listing goods bought and sold and customers' names.
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Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works Records 0.08 Linear Feet 1 in. (1 folder)

Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works
A daybook of the Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works, listing goods bought and sold and customers' names.
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Felix G. Hansford Papers

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

The papers of the President of Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, charted in 1837, consist of land grants, deeds, and indentures; legal papers; turnpike correspondence, stock, books, contracts, and reports to the Board of Public Works, the Virginia Legislature, and stockholders.

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Felix G. Hansford Papers 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Hansford, Felix G.

The papers of the President of Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, charted in 1837, consist of land grants, deeds, and indentures; legal papers; turnpike correspondence, stock, books, contracts, and reports to the Board of Public Works, the Virginia Legislature, and stockholders.

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Felix G. Hansford Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

These are the land and mercantile papers of Felix Hansford, a large land owner along the banks of Pain[t] Creek and the Great Kanawha River, near the town of Clifton in [Kanawha] County. The collection is primarily account statements, receipts and buisness notes.There are a few land surveys, entries and deeds dating back to the 1790. Some of the papers shed light on the Hansford's activities as a falt boat builder, sawmill and grist mill operator, and justice of the peace. A few letters and bank statements deal with his term as president of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike Company.

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Felix G. Hansford Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Hansford, Felix G.

These are the land and mercantile papers of Felix Hansford, a large land owner along the banks of Pain[t] Creek and the Great Kanawha River, near the town of Clifton in [Kanawha] County. The collection is primarily account statements, receipts and buisness notes.There are a few land surveys, entries and deeds dating back to the 1790. Some of the papers shed light on the Hansford's activities as a falt boat builder, sawmill and grist mill operator, and justice of the peace. A few letters and bank statements deal with his term as president of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike Company.

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Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company Records

1.31 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. (9 reels of microfilm (28 vols.), 1.75 in. each)
Daybooks and ledgers of a company store operated by the Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company, an early producer of coal and salt in the Mason County, West Virginia, area.
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Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company Records 1.31 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. (9 reels of microfilm (28 vols.), 1.75 in. each)

Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company
Daybooks and ledgers of a company store operated by the Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company, an early producer of coal and salt in the Mason County, West Virginia, area.
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J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers

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Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy.
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J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Curry, J. N.
Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy.
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John F. Smith, Author, Paper regarding Salt Making Industry in Kentucky

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Typed document titled "The Salt Making Industry of Clay County, Kentucky." This paper was presented by John F. Smith to the Filson Club, a precursor of the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY, on 1927 April 4.

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John F. Smith, Author, Paper regarding Salt Making Industry in Kentucky .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Typed document titled "The Salt Making Industry of Clay County, Kentucky." This paper was presented by John F. Smith to the Filson Club, a precursor of the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY, on 1927 April 4.

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J.Q. Dickinson and Company, Papers and Photographs

33.15 Linear Feet Summary: 33 ft. 1 3/4 in. (38 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (3 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (80 unboxed ledgers, 6 ft. 6 1/2 in.); (unboxed loose papers, 8 1/2 in.); (21 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Miscellaneous papers concerning the history of the Kanawha Valley salt industry, including correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs which pertain to the Dickinson Salt Works and Malden, West Virginia. There are a list of salt works on the Kanawha River, clippings on the destruction of the Dickinson Salt Works by fire, and a historical sketch of the Kanawha Valley salt industry.
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J.Q. Dickinson and Company, Papers and Photographs 33.15 Linear Feet Summary: 33 ft. 1 3/4 in. (38 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (3 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (80 unboxed ledgers, 6 ft. 6 1/2 in.); (unboxed loose papers, 8 1/2 in.); (21 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Dickinson, J. Q. and Company
Miscellaneous papers concerning the history of the Kanawha Valley salt industry, including correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs which pertain to the Dickinson Salt Works and Malden, West Virginia. There are a list of salt works on the Kanawha River, clippings on the destruction of the Dickinson Salt Works by fire, and a historical sketch of the Kanawha Valley salt industry.
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Kanawha County Salt Agreement

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An agreement between Kanawha County Salt Manufacturers fixing prices and splitting the market. Parties to the agreement include Andrew Donnally, Lewis F. Donnally, William Donnally, William D. Shrewsberry, Henry H. Wood, John D. Lewis, George H. Warth, Job English, James H. Fry, Henry Chappell, Ira Hurt, Richard A. Hurt, Nathaniel B. Wilson, William C. Brooks, Richard C. Lovell, William McMullen, Lewis Ruffner, James S. Brooks, Franklin Noyes, Samuel A. Miller, E.S. Arnold, William J. Rand, John N. Clarkson, Frederick Brooks, Samuel H. Early, John P. Hale, Leonara C. Reger, Gustavus B. Quarrier, William Brigham, and Crockett Engles.
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Kanawha County Salt Agreement 0 Linear Feet Summary: 16 pages

Kanawha County
An agreement between Kanawha County Salt Manufacturers fixing prices and splitting the market. Parties to the agreement include Andrew Donnally, Lewis F. Donnally, William Donnally, William D. Shrewsberry, Henry H. Wood, John D. Lewis, George H. Warth, Job English, James H. Fry, Henry Chappell, Ira Hurt, Richard A. Hurt, Nathaniel B. Wilson, William C. Brooks, Richard C. Lovell, William McMullen, Lewis Ruffner, James S. Brooks, Franklin Noyes, Samuel A. Miller, E.S. Arnold, William J. Rand, John N. Clarkson, Frederick Brooks, Samuel H. Early, John P. Hale, Leonara C. Reger, Gustavus B. Quarrier, William Brigham, and Crockett Engles.

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