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Harpers Ferry National Park, Papers, 1950/2010 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.)
Correspondence, staff minutes, trail notes, and other materials relating to the management of Harpers Ferry National Park. There is also a map of Harpers Ferry with historical information by the US National Park Service (published in 2010).
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H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Civil War Correspondence and Other Material, 1861/1865 0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910-

Forty-nine letters of Ephraim W. Frost of Co J., 116th Reg, Ohio Vol Inf. Frost, who lived in Coolville, Ohio, near Parkersburg, was stationed at Moorefield, Martinsburg, near Romney, Winchester and Sleepy Creek in Morgan County, where his Reg. was guarding the B & O. The letters comment on fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 around Woodstock, mention of McNeill, Imboden, and Mosby, and contain much on camp life in the eastern panhandle area. Frost was wounded near Piedmont in May 1864 and died at Annapolis, Maryland in January 1865.

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Jacob Lester, Soldier, Civil War Letters, 1864/1865 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in.

Lester, Jacob
Letters home from Jacob Lester of the 1st. Veterans NY Cavalry stationed in West Virginia, which he refers to as the new state of Kanawha. All letters are written from Clarksburg, Middletown, Kelly's Creek, and Camp Piatt, all in West Virginia, during or soon after the Civil War. He talks about the surrender of Confederates, the discharge of Union troops and the fighting he and his unit did in the Shenandoah Valley, particularly around Harpers Ferry.
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James K. Robson, Soldier, Civil War Diary, 1862 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (ca. 160 pages)

Robson, James K.
Civil War diary of ca. 160 pages kept by Private James K. Robson of the New York 8th Cavalry, Company E, for the year 1862. Though diary entries are short, they are pithy and informative for every day of the year, documenting highlights from the perspective of an army private. The diary begins with a description of guard duties and camp life in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. (January to March), and activities during the Valley Campaign guarding the railroad and Harpers Ferry from Thomas Jackson's army (March to June). Robson's unit was then withdrawn to Relay House near Baltimore to be mounted, fully equipped, and drilled as a cavalry unit (June to August), and subsequently deployed to the defense of Harpers Ferry in response to the invasion of Maryland by Confederate forces during the Antietam Campaign (September). Sick in the hospital, Robson was among the 12,000 Union soldiers who surrendered at Harpers Ferry, and then paroled with nine others of his unit to Camp Douglas near Chicago, Illinois (September to November). After his exchange he ended the year at Fort Albany within the Washington, D.C. fortification system.
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James P. Noffsinger, Author, Typescript Regarding Physical History of Harpers Ferry, 1957 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (one 2 1/2 in. document case)

WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Collection
Typescript of 278 pages regarding Harper Ferry entitled "Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Contributions Towards a Physical History" authored by James P. Noffsinger of the U.S. National Park Service. Includes historical narrative and an extensive compilation of transcripts of historical documents. There are also 14 facsimiles of maps and 10 photographs.
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Jefferson County Court Records, 1871/1910 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Jefferson County Court

This collection includes the tax book (1871) for Averill Township in Jefferson County, West Virginia; the tax book for Bolivar and Harpers Ferry Township, Jefferson County, 1871; and the Registrar's list of voters, precinct 1 Harpers Ferry (Oak Grove), Jefferson County, 1910.

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John Brown (1800-1859) Clippings, 1859/1909 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 8 items (1 folder, 8 items); (2 oversize folders, 5 items)

Clippings and illustrations regarding abolitionist and activist John Brown, who led a raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859, precipitating the American Civil War. Includes: 1) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Independent Democrat" of Charlestown, Virginia from 10-25-1859 including article giving an account of the raid by John Brown; 2) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Daily Enquirer" of Richmond, Virginia from 11-21-1859 including copy of Brown's petition for a writ of error in his trial; 3) original copy of pages from "Frank Leslie's" illustrated newspaper from 12-10-1859 featuring article of final interviews with John Brown and an illustration of John Brown's execution; 4) photocopy of pages from "Harper's Weekly" from 1909 featuring article titled "How Patrick Higgins Met John Brown, His Story of What He Saw of the Raid on Harper's Ferry", October 16, 1859". Also includes two small undated newspaper clippings of images of "John Brown's House on Franklin Street", and of Brown's "Wool Warehouse on Railroad Row"; and two small undated magazine clippings of images of the schoolhouse John Brown used as an arsenal, and of insurgents thrown off a bridge at Harper's Ferry.
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John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Papers, 1821/1932 1.31 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. (9 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Brown, John and John Brown, Jr.
Contains letters, documents, letter-books, manuscripts and articles relating to John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Topics include abolitionist activities, including those in Kansas and Harpers Ferry, farm business, and family matters. Included are bits of fatherly advice, insight into the wool industry of the mid-1800's, eyewitness commentary on events in the abolitionist movement, and a phrenological description of John Brown. Names mentioned are Jason Brown, Owen Brown, Frederick Douglass, John Sherman, Garrett Smith and Boyd B. Stutler.
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John Brown Records, 1859 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Letter from Brown's cousin, Luther Humphrey, dated Windham, Portage Co, O. November 12, 1859 extolling Brown's course of action; Brown's reply, dated Charlestown, Jefferson Co, Va., November 19, 1859, in which he upholds the righteousness of his cause.

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John Brown Records, 1859/1860 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (2 folders)

Photostat copies of court records from the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Jefferson County, (W) Va., relating to the trial of John Brown and the others for the raid on Harper's Ferry.

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