<?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:/99999/198324">A&amp;M 1459</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Woodbridge-Blennerhassett Papers, 1797-1818, 1935 <num>A&amp;M 1459</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 13:45:38 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <abstract id="aspace_0cffab23bd794440587af9bfb3e22da5">Correspondence and financial records of the firm of Dudley Woodbridge and Company of Marietta, Ohio, pertaining to Woodbridge's partnership with Harman Blennerhassett. Subjects include early Ohio River trade, transportation, and markets; Blennerhassett's financial misfortunes; the Burr conspiracy; and family and social affairs. Included in the collection are extracts from the Silas Brown letters in the Library of Congress relating to the Burr Conspiracy; and an unpublished manuscript by Josephine Phillips, "The Blennerhassett-Woodbridge Partnership: An Experiment in Chain Store Operation, 1798-1806.</abstract>
    <physloc id="aspace_8787073f37f6250ada30faf8681d144a">West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/">West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</a></physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Woodbridge-Blennerhassett Papers, A&amp;M 1459, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094289" source="lcsh">Ohio River</geogname>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018171" source="lcsh">Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137027" source="lcsh">Transportation</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053768" source="lcsh">General stores</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Rivers and river valleys.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Woodbridge, Dudley and Company</corpname>
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    <corpname source="ingest">Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.</corpname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78045420" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Brown, Silas</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Phillips, Josephine</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Woodbridge, Dudley.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86114020" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831</persname>
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