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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henry O. Middleton Correspondence, A&amp;M 0626, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Letters to Middleton at Buckhannon, VA [now WV] and other places, regarding land sales in several West Virginia counties, with notes on court cases and comment on the fall of Richmond, VA. Correspondents include Allen T. Caperton.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83151974" source="lcsh">Buckhannon (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79060700" source="lcsh">Richmond (Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205" source="lcsh">United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008121184" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Caperton, Allen Taylor, 1810-1876</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Middleton, Henry O.</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_bcf79f0c693a1aa1613f532c857393fe" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: P. B. Williams to Henry O. Middleton; Places: French Creek, Upshur County, VA [now WV] to Buckhannon, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Land -- [Upshur County] Stonecoal Creek, purchase</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165998" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164578</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1832/1832" type="inclusive">1832</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_cf6072f9fc06d197c45abd698759eb01" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Ben[jamin] P. Byram [sic]; Places: Pt. Pleasant, VA [now WV] to Richmond, VA; Subjects: Land -- Mason County, VA [now WV] sale</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166018" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165999" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164579</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1841/1841" type="inclusive">1841</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_5defff278a80c4a915ace687b29c32bd" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: William M. Buckner to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Richmond, VA to Clarksburg, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Court case -- Comments on various people in Ohio</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166000" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164580</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1842/1842" type="inclusive">1842</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_139ae01e510f82cd2b1b4f1983ab9f1c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: George Nicolson Johnson to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Staunton, VA to Lewisburg, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Court cases</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166001" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164581</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1842/1842" type="inclusive">1842</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_3d4e4af7fc0c74ac704ce77405be7d3f" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: William M. Buckner to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Washington Court House, Fayette County, OH to Lewisburg, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Land -- Ohio -- sale</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166002" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164582</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1843/1843" type="inclusive">1843</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_e94ddb265e119866e2797a0652cacf93" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Allen T. Caperton to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Union, VA [now WV] to Fredericksburg, VA; Subjects: Court case</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166003" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164583</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1848/1848" type="inclusive">1848</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_2b6aa91ff65ee7a62773854d2246be87" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Deed (copy) and autographed letter signed; Persons: Oakly Philpotts to Sarah W. White, and Thomas G. Clarke to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Richmond, VA to Buckhannon, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Land in "Monongahela" County, VA [now WV] (land -- description and sale of)</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166004" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164584</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1820/1849" type="inclusive">1820–1849</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_ba680e84bcfe01c8388f2f62a3f1935e" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John Brannon to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Weston, VA [now WV] to Buckhannon, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Court case</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166005" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164585</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1857/1857" type="inclusive">1857</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_615f893c1f22b0c65e29ace621352d5b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Jennie (sister) to N.B. Reger [?] ; Places: St. Louis, MN to Buckhannon, WV; Subjects: Fall of Richmond, VA, family news</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166006" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164586</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1865/1865" type="inclusive">1865</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_7287551c6de664e26a727d3fc4a992e3" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Isaac D. Pickrell to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Cologne, VA to Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: Land -- Gilmer County, WV -- Terms of sale</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166007" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164587</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1866/1866" type="inclusive">1866</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_5746cc50fbd7afe9dadd622abf89b3e7" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Ben[jamin] P. Bryan [sic] to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Cologne, VA to Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: Court case, land</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166019" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166008" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164588</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1866/1866" type="inclusive">1866</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_a4b2be6f5c66bbf38ade1cfedfb4e523" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: E.J. O'Brien to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Weston, WV to Buckhannon, WV; Subjects: Land</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166009" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164589</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1867/1867" type="inclusive">1867</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_355722e3da543c94082b2e0317d9fe75" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: E.M. Davisson to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Clarksburg, WV to Buckhannon, WV; Subjects: Release of property by U.S. government</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166010" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164590</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1867/1867" type="inclusive">1867</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_60703b507391f90ffc92e5c7483b7ed0" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John H. Ast [?] to Capt. C.G. Miller; Places: Staunton, VA to Buckhannon, WV; Subjects: sending package of papers to Henry O. Middleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166011" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164591</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1867/1867" type="inclusive">1867</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_56e4978e68cfe38d259cdc260cc92c5c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: C.G. Miller to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Staunton, VA to Buckhannon, WV; Subjects: Sending package of papers to Henry O. Middleton</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166012" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164592</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1867/1867" type="inclusive">1867</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_544611a3483b4027a3348033dfef7aae" level="item"><did><unittitle>Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: T.B. Swann to Henry O. Middleton; Places: Charleston, WV to Annapolis, MD; Subjects: Request for various papers and information regarding land</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/166013" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/164593</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1867/1867" type="inclusive">1867</unitdate></did></c></dsc>
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