<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197806">A&amp;M 0963</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Lewis Maxwell Papers, (1825-1861) 1903 <num>A&amp;M 0963</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 13:40:33 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <abstract id="aspace_4f857856f5bb3ece3f6de2cef3ac76f3">Papers of Lewis Maxwell, an attorney at Weston including primarily letters from clients concerning land in West Virginia, 1840-1859. Correspondents include J.H. Diss Debar, John S. Carlile, Matthew Edmiston, J.M. Bennett, and Benjamin H. Latrobe. Other subjects covered include railroad legislation and construction and the surfacing of the Weston-Clarksburg road.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lewis Maxwell Papers, A&amp;M 0963, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Weston-Clarksburg Road</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83052257" source="lcsh">Weston (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Lawyers - letters and papers.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110904" source="lcsh">Railroads</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes.</subject>
    <persname source="ingest">Bennett, J.M.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90004466" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Edmiston, Matthew.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Latrobe, Benjamin H.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007156574" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Maxwell, Lewis, 1790-1862</persname>
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