A&M 1653Clarksburg Public Library, Collector, Miscellaneous Papers A&M 1653Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:47:59 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Clarksburg Public Library, Collector, Miscellaneous Papers Clarksburg Public Library. A&M 1653 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5097 0.19 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1782-1865 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: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clarksburg Public Library, Collector, Miscellaneous Papers, A&M 1653, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related A&M Collections

1285, 1653

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers collected by the Clarksburg Public Library, including Harrison County land papers of John Lang, 1782-1821; General Land Office Warrant of Thomas Cunningham, an 1812 veteran for 160 acres in Illinois; letter from Melville D. Long from Point Lookout prison, April 1865; letter to Mrs. John J. Davis, Clarksburg, telling of an unexpected invasion of Baltimore by the Rebels in July 1854; and farm diary, 1856-1861 of P.R. Page, Gloucester County, Virginia. This volumes gives accurate and detailed information on the operation of a grain and livestock farm in eastern Virginia

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Baltimore (Md.) Clarksburg (W. Va.) Gloucester County (Va.) Harrison County (W. Va.) Livestock Civil War -- Confederate Army Civil War - Point Lookout Prison. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons Diaries and journals. Farms and farming. Prisons -- Point Lookout Prison United States -- History -- War of 1812 Clarksburg Public Library. Cunningham, Thomas. Davis, Mrs. John J. Lang, John. Long, Melville D. Page, P.R.