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2. Libraries and Museums This chapter describes the general holdings of libraries, museums, and historical / genealogical societies that have information related to Jefferson County. Only the most relevant portions of these collections are described below. When item level information is available, those individual items are included in the Bibliography CD that accompanies this work. As libraries expand their collection descriptions down to the item level, they will make this additional information available, often on the Internet. Collection descriptions for many major libraries are now available on the Internet, and the information from this resource grows daily. Many of the organizations listed in this chapter have Web sites that can supplement the information provided here.

Alabama Department of Archives and History
Address: 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-4435
Web site: archives.state.al.us/index.html
Collection includes: Clements family. Papers, 1855-1862. 2 folders. Papers, 1855-1862, including a series of letters, 1855-1863, arranged chronologically; and a series of clippings and genealogical notes, arranged chronologically. Discusses the raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Va. Hudson, James G., b.1832. Canebrake Rifle Guards Diary, 1861. 1 item. James G. Hudson, born in 1832, served as chaplain and treasurer for Company D, the Canebrake Rifle Guards, of the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Hudson enlisted on April 25, 1861, in Union Town and was discharged October 1861 at Camp Law, Virginia. The diary, kept by James G. Hudson from May 21, 1861 to October 1861, traces the movements of the Canebrake Rifle Guards of the 4th Alabama Infantry to Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg, Manasses Junction, and the Battle of First Bull Run. Published in Alabama Historical Quarterly 23 (1961): [139-179].

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Address: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; Hwy. 24, P.O. Box 218; Appomattox, VA 24522.
Phone: (804) 352-8987 fax: (804) 352-8330
email: joe_williams@nps.gov
Collection includes: 1891-1892. Solomon S. Page Letter, 1 item, November 29, 1849. A letter from this former slave to Charles Wesley Andrews of Shepherdstown about conditions in Liberia.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Archives and Special Collections Address: 111 James P. Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 Phone: (404) 522-8980 fax: (404) 577-5158 Online catalog at: zen.auctr.edu/webpals/home.html
Collection includes:
Brown, John, 1800-1859. John Brown collection, 1814-1859. 87 items. The collection consists of papers relating to John Brown from 1814 to 1859. Over half of the correspondence (1826-1849) consists of Brown's letters from various places in Pennsylvania and Ohio to kinsman and business associate Seth Thompson. The letters reflect his perpetual financial difficulties as well as his frequent change of occupation. A scattering of letters (1814-1840) written from various places in Ohio by his father Owen Brown, his uncle Abiel Brown, and his brother Oliver O. Brown concern family and business matters with only occasional references to politics. A second group of letters (1857-1858) from fellow abolitionist, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, discuss the Free-Soil contest in Kansas, the National Kansas Committee, the various state committees, and the collection of arms to be turned over to Brown for his operations in Kansas. Correspondence relating to Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid includes two letters (October 19 and 22, 1859) from D.E. Henderson, a resident of that locality, describing the foray; a military order (October 19), signed by Robert E. Lee, detailing a guard to escort Brown and his fellow prisoners to the Charlestown jail, and a letter written by John Brown, Jr. (1879) to C.W. Tayleure, a pro-slavery journalist, expressing gratitude for the assistance Tayleure gave to Watson Brown, mortally wounded in the raid. The collection also includes two diaries and some personal correspondence of Judge Richard Parker, Brown's trial judge; the materials, however, are not related to the Brown trial.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
Address: Hays T. Watkins Research Library, 901 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21223
Phone: (410) 752-2490; Hays T. Watkins Research Library (410) 752-2493
email: boresearch@mindspring.com
The Hays T. Watkins Research Library provides access to the B & O Railroad collection, including drawings, maps, photographs, printed ephemera, and prints. Research by appointment only. (Fee charged.) Includes collection of paintings and drawings (over 12,000 engineering drawings of rolling stock, buildings, mechanical and engineering subjects). The collection includes materials on railroad activities in Jefferson County (e.g., Harpers Ferry, Duffields, and Shenandoah Junction).

Berkeley County (West Virginia) Courthouse
Address: 100 West King Street, Martinsburg, WV 25401-3210
Phone: (304) 267-3210
Collection includes: Birth records, 1865 to present; death records, 1865 to present; marriage bonds and registers from 1781 to 1879 are not available for public use. After 1870 records are accessible. WPA cemetery records. Wills, beginning in 1772, are indexed. Deeds, beginning in 1772, are indexed; land grants are indexed, and contain Northern Neck grants for what is now Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties. Unrecorded and re-recorded deeds are also available Other record books: 1. Berkeley County soldiers, Lutheran church records, and Jefferson County graveyards. 2-15. The Christine Bergen Papers (contain a series of alphabetical family items researched by Bergen). 15 and 16. A second series of alphabetical family items researched by Bergen. 17. Miscellaneous items. 18. WPA cemetery records. 18A. Jefferson County marriages, 1801 - 1890. 19. Landmarks. 20. Minutes from meetings. 21. Correspondence. 22-25. Old chancery and retired chancery records.

Berkeley County Historical Society
Address: Box 1624; Martinsburg, WV 25401.
Phone: (304) 267-4713
The Society operates Belle Boyd House and Ben Boyd Store at 126 E. Race Street, Martinsburg. Archives Division is open 10-4, Wednesday through Saturday.
A list of holdings is available at: wvculture.org/history/berkeley3.htm.
The Berkeley County Historical Society collection includes the following: Microfilm of most local records, including newspapers dating to 1790s. Microfilm of some Jefferson County and Berkeley County church records. Genealogy files on local families. Copies of Fairfax land grant maps from Virginia State Library and original surveys from Virginia Historical Society – maps indexing locations in Jefferson County and Berkeley County (unique). Copies of insurance records of Mutual Assurance Society relating to Jefferson County and Berkeley County. Documents of Ferdinando Fairfax, Elisha Boyd, and Moses Hunter (1795 - 1930s). Copy of early map (1736) of Jefferson County and Berkeley County. Microfilm of Virginia State Land Office records; Index to Northern Neck land grants and surveys; Regal Government Grants; Berkeley County Deed of Trust books, Deed of Release books, Orphan's Bond Books, county court minute books; census records for Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Hampshire County, Morgan County, Frederick County (1850), Shenandoah County (1850), and Beaver County, PA (1850). Berkeley County vital records. Virginia State Land Office Surveys Upon Which Grants Were Issued, 1780-1783. Dyer's Index to Land Grants (1895). West Virginia Land Grants: Plats and Surveys for Berkeley County, Jefferson County, and Morgan County, Vol. 1. WV Land Grants: Plats and Surveys for Berkeley County, Jefferson County, and Morgan County, Vol. 2 (mainly Morgan County), 1843. Guy Broadwater Surveys of 1749-1751. The Potomac Guardian 1791-1799 (scattered issues). Berkeley & Jefferson Intelligencer and Northern Neck Advertiser, 1802-1808 (scattered issues), and Virginia Republican, 1847-1848 (scattered issues). Scenes of the Valley of Virginia, 1897. History of Middleway or Smithfield, Jefferson County, and of the Smith and Harlan families. George Washington: Journal of My Journey Over the Mountain. Adam Stephen Papers in the Library of Congress. Letters and index to Adam Stephen letters in the Pennsylvania Historical Society files. Trammell Hollis Papers; includes William Wilson account book, 1791-1794, and the Washington Federalist, 1803. Braddock's Trail, 1754, Winchester to Berkeley County. Legislative petitions for and against formation of Jefferson County and for formation of Morgan County. Sketches of artist and writer Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) in France and Italy from the Martinsburg Gazette, 1841-1843. Presbyterian church records – Charles Town. Lutheran church records – Shepherdstown. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 6 Virginia Vital Statistics, 1853 - 1862. WV Mortality Schedules for the year preceding census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. Wyndham Index of Deaths from Martinsburg Newspapers. Early marriage bonds of Berkeley County. Census records: 1790 - State of Virginia; 1810 - Berkeley, Jefferson and Hampshire counties; 1820 - Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties; 1830 - Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan and Hampshire counties; 1840 - Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan and Hampshire counties; 1850 - Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hampshire, and Frederick counties; 1860 - Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hampshire, and Frederick counties; 1870 - Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties; 1880 - Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties; 1890 - Special Census of Union veterans and widows - Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties. Frederick County, Virginia, Wills, 1743 - 1917. Orange County, Virginia, wills, 1734 - 1744 with index covering years 1734 - 1947. West Virginia land grants. Berkeley County deed books, book 100 - . Berkeley County land books, 1782 - _ . Frederick County, Virginia, deeds, 1743 - 1773. Orange County, Virginia, deeds, 1734 - 1744. Loudoun County, Virginia, tithables, 1758 - 1799. Northern Neck grants, 1690 - 1862, and surveys, 1786 - . Virginia land warrants, 1779 - 1863. Early Berkeley County surveys with maps. Berkeley County Personal Property Tax Lists, 1783 - 1823. Early church records of some congregations in Shepherdstown. Old Martinsburg Journal files (roughly 1930 to 1960). Berkeley and Jefferson Intelligencer, 1802 - 1808 (incomplete). Martinsburg Gazette, 1810 - 1855. Martinsburg Herald, 1881 - 1910. Martinsburg Journal, 1926 - 1971. Martinsburg Statesman, 1874 - 1906. Shepherdstown Register, 1849 - 1955. Spirit of Jefferson, 1909 - 1912. Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society (recent issues).

Berkshire County Historical Society
Address: 780 Holmes Rd., Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone: (413) 442-1793 fax: (413) 433-1449
email: info@berkshirehistory.org
Collection includes: Moulton, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1843-1866. Papers, 1857-1987 (bulk 1857-1866). 2 boxes. Soldier and newspaper reporter, of Great Barrington, MA. Chiefly letters written by Moulton, from Washington, DC, Harper's Ferry, WV, Richmond, VA, and elsewhere, to family members in Great Barrington, reflecting his activities as a soldier with the 34th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; and the book Fort Lyon to Harper's Ferry (1987), edited by Karen and Lee Drickamer, containing transcripts of the Civil War letters and dispatches.

Central Michigan University, Clarke Historical Library
Address: Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (517) 774-3352 fax: (517) 774-2160 email: clarke@cmich.edu
Collection includes: Bullock, Miles Wayne (1844-1914). Papers, 1799-1911, 294 items and 4 v. Soldier and resident of Sherburne, NY, and later of Marion, MI. Topics: Civil War, campaigns, battles, and military actions. Correspondence of Bullock with comrades of the New York State 61st Regiment of Infantry, Company G, revealing feelings of soldiers and civilians on the war, superior officers, and the armistice, and describing Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV, and Sharpsburg, MD; Civil War diaries (1862, 1864-1865); obituaries; photos; and an autobiographical sketch of Bullock. Clark, C. Letter (November 11, 1859), from Clark in Ann Arbor, MI, to sister about family topics and John Brown.

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 79 Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
Website: cohn.org
Phone: (540) 384-8958
The collection includes materials relevant to transportation in Jefferson County. Access for research or tours must be scheduled by contacting the Director of Archives and Administration (540) 862-2210 or email at cohj@cfw.org. Publications (in print): Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine; and a series of books titled: Riding That New River Train; Pere Marquette Power; C & O Steel Cabooses; C & O Freight Equipment in 1937; C & O Alleghany Subdivision; Pere Marquette in 1945; C & O in West Virginia - Huntington Division; Alleghany with an A; C & O BL2 Diesels; C & O Standard Structures. Publications out of print: Chesapeake and Ohio Diesel Review; Chessie's Road; World's Greatest Mallets; Recollections of Harry Frazier; C&O Lightweight Passenger Cars. Collections include: 45,000+ mechanical drawings (ca. 1920 - 1960s); 50,000+ photographic images (1870 - 1980s); 50,000+ engineering drawings (ca. 1870 - 1960s); 500 linear feet of general reference materials; 4,000+ books, magazines, reports, pamphlets.

College of William and Mary
Address: Earl Gregg Swem Library, Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA, 23187-8794.
Phone: (757) 221-3050 fax: (757) 221-2635
Online catalog (LION) available
Collections include: Full text available online via: The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective - Full text of major articles from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. (Access by subscription) Harper's Weekly, 1857-1871 - With indexes and complete illustrations. (Access only through customer institutions.) Manuscripts: Baker [John A.?]. Account Book (1820-1821), 171 p. Account book of lawyer [John A.?] Baker for business affairs in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. MSV Ab2. Brown, Coalter, Tucker. Papers, 1769-1919, 4,276 items. Topics: Health resorts, watering places, etc. Family and business correspondence, legal papers, accounts, notes, poems, and other papers, reflecting life in Williamsburg, Staunton, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, and other cities and towns in Virginia, plantation life in Bedford County and Gloucester County, VA, and the social seasons at the medicinal springs of Virginia and West Virginia. A description and listing of each item are available in the library. Bucher, David A. Papers, 1789-1888. Includes a voting list (1789) and delinquent tax list (1792) of Berkeley County (now WV) and land grants. Butcher’s Account Books (1866-1871). 4 vols. Account books of unidentified butcher (probably from Shepherdstown, VA. One of the account books (MsV Ab36) was found in the ledger of Joseph Entler (Shepherdstown merchant). MSV Ab 38-39. Entler, Joseph. Account Book (1821-1857), 20 vols. Daybooks and ledgers from Joseph Entler’s businesses. MSV Ad61-80. Entler, Joseph. Account Book (1853-1855). 30 p. Records time that men worked on Entler’s farm and on county roads. MSV Af4. Gallaher, John S. Journal (1833-1836), 138 p. Gallaher published the Virginia Free Press, was active in Whig politics, and was involved in the operation of the Shannondale Springs resort. MSV Ane1. Lewis, F.A. Copybook (1838-1871, 1838-1842), 100 p. Letter copybook; many later letters are religious and are addressed to public officials. Lewis resided in Fortress Monroe, VA, and Jefferson County, VA. MSV Cp6. Merchant’s Index (ca. 1790-1810). Ledger of unidentified Jefferson County, Virginia, merchant. MSV Ab35- 38. Papers (1831), 5 p. Printed list (1830) of land returned as delinquent for taxes in Jefferson County, VA. MS 39.4 V82co Jefferson. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 9 Riddle Family Papers, 1800-1906, 927 items. Topics: Family and personal correspondence. Papers of Henry R. Riddle, Horatius R. Riddle, and Katherine Riddle of Baltimore, MD, and Charles Town and Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV. A large part of the papers are minutes of meetings, reports, and correspondence connected with the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, Baltimore, MD, established by Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of James Buchanan, of which Katherine Riddle was secretary. Taliaferro-Sanders Papers, 7,552 items, 1775-1954. Primarily the business, legal, military, and personal papers of General William Booth Taliaferro (lawyer and Confederate officer of Gloucester County). Included is an account of his experiences with the Virginia militia during the John Brown Raid. Virginia Cities Collection, 1682-1918, 3,336 items. Topics: Local papers and records. Papers containing historical and general information relating to cities and towns in Virginia, including Harpers Ferry.

Columbia University, Butler Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Address:6th Floor East, 535 W. 114th St. New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-5153 fax: (212) 854-1365
email: rarebooks@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
Online catalog (CLIO) available.
Collection includes: Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949. John Brown manuscripts, 1850-1910. 9 linear ft (ca. 5,435 in 21 boxes). Material gathered by Oswald Garrison Villard during research for his biography John Brown, 1800-1859: a Biography Fifty Years After. A large part of the materials is copies of correspondence both contemporary and of a later period, concerning John Brown and his associates, especially in the Kansas Territory and at the Harper's Ferry raid. Of the original letters in the collection, many are from descendants and family of John Brown and the men who accompanied him on his raid. There are clippings, pamphlets, proof sheets, and other printed matter. Photographs number 181 items.

Daughters of the American Revolution
Address: 1776 D Street NW. Washington DC.
Phone: (202) 879-3229
Online library catalog available.
The library is a comprehensive facility for historical and genealogical research. The collection includes local history in America, embracing state, county, town, and church materials, genealogies, biographies, and vital records. Several resources are available describing collections, including: Esher, Katie-Price. The Genealogical Department: Source Records for the DAR Magazine, 1947-1950. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. The library is open to the public. Non-DAR members pay a nominal fee for use of the library for research.

Duke University Library
Address: Perkins Library, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-5880 Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 10 fax: (919) 684-2855
Online catalog available at: scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
Collections include: Billmyer Family Papers, 1832-1906, 998 items. Topics: Correspondence of the West Virginia family, who lived at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County. Includes letters from Henry E. Unself, a suitor of Mrs. David Billmyer, written from New Orleans (1854-1855) describing the city, its theatrical and social life, and such events as the yellow fever epidemics, the rise of the Know-Nothing Party, and the Irish uprising. Boteler, Alexander Robinson (1815-1892). Papers, 1729-1924, 1,578 items and 4 v. Topics: Civil War, Military actions. Correspondence (including letters of Henry Boteler, father), diary, scrapbooks, pencil and pen-ink sketches, clippings, and photos. Primary coverage is for the years 1836-1889; subjects dealt with include Boteler's college years at Princeton, his courtship and marriage to Helen Macomb Stockton, his farming activities and political interests (especially the Presidential elections of 1848 and 1860, with data on the Constitutional Union Party during the latter campaign), Boteler's altercations with Charles J. Faulkner, events during the Civil War, including Northern depredations at Boteler's home "Fountain Rock," and some travel letters written by Boteler during his service on the U. S. Tariff Commission following the war. Includes genealogical and family papers relating to the Boteler, Pendleton, Digges, and Pope families. Addition, 1709-1887, 104 items. Correspondence of Boteler and his family and Stockton family papers, relating to Boteler's interest in James Rumsey's work on the first steamboat and to family matters. Campbell, James Lyle (1808-1875). Papers, 1781-1920, 788 items. Farmer and lawyer, of Gerardstown, Berkeley County, WV. Topics: Agricultural societies; courts, county records; family papers; farms and farming; land, legal documents; law practice. Correspondence and legal and business papers of the Campbell and related Lyle, McKeowen, Henshaw, Burns, and Tabb families, centering around the career of James Lyle Campbell, but also covering that of his father, James Wilson Campbell, and of his son, another James Wilson Campbell. The bulk of the collection consists of legal papers, receipts, bills, land deeds and indentures, wills, estate and executors' papers, and court orders and opinions. Includes a series of letters (1854-1855) from James Lyle Campbell and his daughter Emma to James W. Campbell, commenting on life in Berkeley County, WV, farming operations, and politics, especially the Know-Nothing Party. Chambers, Jennie. Papers, 1838-1936, 1818 items and 8 v. Amateur artist and author. Topics: Social life. Correspondence, daybooks (1880-1888), and other papers relating to the affairs of the Chambers family and their cousins, the Castles of Harpers Ferry, WV. Includes a commonplace book (1873), letters received after the Civil War from Union soldiers whom Miss Chambers' father boarded during the war, and letters from friends and suitors of Jennie and her sisters. Card index in the library. Dandridge Papers. Includes “Henry Bedinger and Old Shepherdstown.” Faulkner, Charles James (1806-1884) Papers. 1815-1883, 370 items and 1 v. Diplomat, Confederate officer, and U. S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. Topics: Politics. Correspondence, legal papers, notes, and other papers. Civil War activities, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872, to which he was a delegate. Gallaher Family Papers, 1800-1924, 2,037 items and 7 v. Topics: Newspapers. Chiefly family correspondence of several generations of the Gallaher family of Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV, owners of the Virginia Free Press. Letters of the related Wilson family. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 11 Gardiner, Ann Henshaw (1890- ) Papers. 1753-1944, 3,398 items and 68 v. Nurse, historian, and teacher. Topics: County government and county records; flour industry and trade; local history; justices of the peace; land, settlement; pioneer life; politics; teachers and teaching. Letters, legal papers concerning land settlement of Berkeley County, WV, references to slave conditions in the county, daybooks and accounts, pictures, and other papers which Miss Gardiner and her mother, Mabel (Henshaw) Gardiner used in their book, Chronicles of Old Berkeley (1938). Includes papers on the Gardiner, Henshaw, and Snodgrass families who were pioneer settlers in Berkeley County and were flour millers, justices of the peace, county officers, members of the Virginia House of Delegates, teachers, and writers. Grantham, John William (d. 1887). Papers, 1822-1924, 1,946 items and 10 v. Businessman and state legislator of Middleway, Jefferson County, WV. Topics: General stores; insurance companies; politics. Personal, family and business papers, the majority concerning the operation of a country store by Grantham and James W. League. Includes papers relating to Grantham's local agency for the Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Company and to his political career. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (1824-1863). Papers, 1855-1906, 2,593 items. Army officer. Topics: Civil War, Military actions. Correspondence, commissary papers, vouchers of Jackson's command, soldiers' leave requests, and other papers (chiefly 1861-1865). The commissary papers, containing information about food in the Confederate Army, represent the bulk of the collection. Other topics include military operations around Staunton, VA (ca. 1862); enemy movements around Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County; a request that Jefferson County soldiers be allowed to march to Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, to vote; religious denominations opposed to war; captured property; and appointments of men to office. Kilby, John Richardson. (1819-1878). Papers, 1755-1919, 34,414 items and 4 v. Topics: Civil War, Military actions. Correspondence and legal and other papers (chiefly 1840-1890), of Kilby and of his son, Wilbur John Kilby, both lawyers, of Suffolk, VA, and of members of the Riddick family. Includes description of action around Fredericksburg and Shepherdstown, during the Civil War. Koonce Family Papers, 1844-1871, 7 items and 11 v. Topics: Business, industries, and trades, general stores; history, Civil War. Ledgers (1857-1860) of George Koonce while tax collector for Harpers Ferry and Bolivar, and his daybook (1857-1861) and docket books for warrants (1846-1871) as justice of the peace; ledger (1844-1846) and daybooks (1845-1846, 1863-1864) for general stores at Harpers Ferry owned by David Koonce, J. Koonce, and Koonce & Horner; ledger (1863) for a fabric shop in Maryland; bills issued for family supplies at the trade store of Koonce, Reed & Koonce, which may relate to civilian relief during the Civil War, primarily in Jefferson County, WV, and Loudoun County and Clarke County, VA; and financial papers, including a tax list for Harpers Ferry (1857). Lackland, Samuel W. Papers, 1790-1886, 1,641 items. Topics: Railroads. Personal and business correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, and other papers (chiefly 1820-1860), of Lackland and of his son, Francis, both of Charles Town. About half the correspondence (1856-1858) concerns railroad construction, politics, and the financial condition of the U. S. Includes a few Confederate soldiers' letters, and material relating to a legal case involving George Washington. Lackland was president of the Shannondale Springs resort and this collection may contain information relevant to that topic. Lee, Edmund Jennings (1797-1877). Papers, 1799-1912, 6,202 items and 10 v. In part, photocopies of originals owned by the Lee family. Lawyer, of Shepherdstown. Topics: Bridges; estates; law practice, 19th century; toll roads; Statehood. Correspondence with refugees in Canada, formation of West Virginia as a State, conditions in Virginia in 1865, bridge and turnpike construction and management, and the Bedinger, Boteler, Dandridge, Lucas, Pendleton, and Shepherd families. Correspondents include Jubal A. Early, Edwin Gray Lee, members of the Lee family, and William Nelson Pendleton. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 12 Leavell, William Thomas. (1812-1899). Correspondence of William Thomas Leavell and Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, 1831-1932, 5,136 items. Episcopal minister and farmer, of Charles Town. Topics: Mines and mining. Family and religious correspondence of Leavell and of his son-in-law, Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, Confederate officer, lawyer, and businessman. Leavell's papers (chiefly before 1860) concern such matters as High vs. Low Episcopalianism, the Baptists, Episcopal theology, and family affairs, and include student letters from Bristol College, Bristol, PA, and Fairfax Institute, Alexandria, VA. Most of the papers after 1860 belong to McDonald, and give information on the Laurel Brigade, Confederate veterans' organizations, the Louisville Abstract and Loan Company (later the Kentucky Title Company) with which McDonald was associated, U. S. economic conditions and education after the Civil War, mining in West Virginia, and politics. Mitchell, Nina Cornelia (1872-1970). Papers, 1854-1958, 4,021 items and 46 v. Topics: Resident of West Virginia. Chiefly correspondence of Miss Mitchell, of Flushing, NY, and Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV, relating to her European relief work during and immediately after World War One. Morgan, Irby. Papers, 1861-1865. Morgan was a volunteer in the 51st Regiment of Alabama Cavalry Volunteers. Includes a discussion of the proposed removal of machinery from the Harpers Ferry arsenal. Sheetz, George C. Papers, 1862. 3 items. Letters of a Union soldier describing his departure from home and his journey through Harrisburg, PA, and Washington, DC. Includes descriptions of camp life, rations, and a forced march in pursuit of Confederate troops near Harpers Ferry, VA. Yantis, Solomon Vance (1826-1899). Correspondence, 1863-1896, 56 items. Postmaster, tobacconist, and secretary and part owner of a flour mill, in Harpers Ferry. Topics: Family and personal papers; floods. Correspondence relating to college life at Western Maryland College in the 1870s, work to relieve flood damage in 1870, Harpers Ferry, and other subjects. Broadsides. Approximately 12 broadsides related to Jefferson County are listed in the library's collections. These are described individually in the Bibliography.

East Carolina University Library
Address: Joyner Library, East Fifth St. (P. O. Box 2744), Greenville, NC 27835-4353
Phone: (252) 328-6518 fax: (252) 328-4834
Online catalog available.
Collections include: Mills, Hugh Harrison. Collection, 1841-1968, 1,650 items. Civil War topics include battles at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV.

Eleutherian Mills Historical Library
Address: Greenville, DE.
Phone: (302) 658-2400. Manuscripts and Archives, (302) 658-0545.
Collections include: substantial information about businesses in the United States. The holdings include: Keeptryst Furnace Correspondence, 1767-1830, ca. 300 items. Topics: Furnaces and forges. Chiefly correspondence between John Potts, of Alexandria, VA (formerly of Pottstown, PA), and his brother-in-law, Robert E. Hobart, of Pottstown and Philadelphia, relating to the Keeptryst Furnace on the Potomac River in Berkeley County, VA (later Jefferson County, WV). Portions of this collection are available in the Explorer Database.

Emory University. Robert W. Woodruff Library, Special Collections Department
Address: 540 Ashbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 727-6861
Collection includes: Blackford, William Matthews, 1801-1864. Papers, 1801-1864 [typed copies]. 83 items. William Matthews Blackford, journalist, diplomat, financial agent, and banker. Fifty letters (1842-1844) are from Blackford to his wife, Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford; others are to his children and other relatives. Fourteen letters are from Blackford's son, Willy (William Willis Blackford, who accompanied him to Colombia) to his family. The diary (1859-1862) records Blackford's views on John Brown's Raid.

Filson Club Collections
Address: 1310 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208.
Phone: (502) 635-5083
Website: filsonclub.org
This repository focuses on materials relating to the history of Kentucky, although some items relating to Jefferson County, WV, and its early families are also included. The collection includes: Clark, Jonathan (1750-1811). Clark-Hite papers, 1734-1812, 6 ft. Revolutionary patriot of Virginia and Kentucky. Topics: Land, legal documents. Correspondence and other papers of Clark, together with papers of his wife's family, the Hites of Frederick County, VA (including what would later become Jefferson County, WV). Includes Clark's diary (1770-1811), accounts, bonds, and papers concerning his lands in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia; deed book; notebook relating to improvements made by settlers in the Northern Neck of Virginia (1734-1760); contemporary transcript of the record in the case of Jost Hite et al. vs. Thomas Lord Fairfax et al. (1749-1786) confirming Hite's title to the land; other records (1786-1807) relating to land and litigation involving Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, and Robert McKay, including documents drawn by John Marshall; letters (1786-1812) to Isaac Hite and Col. John Green from their attorney, John Taylor of Caroline, and others; papers (1773-1795) of Isaac Hite including land papers of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky; papers (1796-1807) of Major Isaac Hite of Kentucky; and papers (1807-1812) of Abraham Hite. Index of Jonathan Clark's correspondents in repository. The collection also contains a large number of Civil War manuscripts related to Kentucky, some of which are relevant to Jefferson County, WV. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 14

Hagley Museum and Library. Manuscripts and Archives Department
Address: P.O. Box 3630, 298 Buck Road East, Greenville, DE 19807.
Phone: (302) 658-2400
Website: hagley.lib.de.us/library.html Offers online catalog.
Collection includes: Savery family. Papers, 1835-1960. 3.4 linear ft. With several associates, Thomas H. Savery bought several properties on the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harpers Ferry, WV, in 1884, including the site of the famous ante-bellum armory. He first established paper mills on these sites and in the mid 1890s began building electric power generating facilities. He organized the Harpers Ferry Electric Light & Power Company. Savery had the engine house, used by John Brown as a fort, exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. William Savery, the son of Thomas Savery and Sarah Pim Savery, was born on October 24, 1865, in Wilmington, DE. He was president of the Harpers Ferry Electric Light and Power Company and the Shenandoah Pulp Company, enterprises that had been started by his father in the late 19th century. Business papers relating to Savery's interests include records of Harpers Ferry Paper Co., Shenandoah Pulp Co., and Harpers Ferry Electric Light & Power Co. These are primarily corporate records including copies of minutes, land papers, deeds, agreements, and financial statements. There are also records of lawsuits arising from pollution of the rivers. There are a number of maps of the Harpers Ferry property, some dating back to the time of the Government armory. Savery, Thomas H., 1837-1910. Diaries, 1864-1910. 1 linear ft. Thomas Savery was born on May 31, 1837, in Philadelphia, PA. See previous entry for general content. There are discussions of his involvement in the Harper Ferry Electric Light & Power Company. Savery, William H., 1865-1949. Papers, 1885-1938. 3.6 linear ft. William Savery, the son of Thomas Savery and Sarah Pim Savery, was born on October 24, 1865 in Wilmington, DE. He was president of the Harpers Ferry Electric and the Shenandoah Pulp Company, enterprises that had been started by his father in the late 19th century. Records of the Harpers Ferry Paper Company includes minutes, correspondence, and reports to the board of directors (1885-1938). There is also some Thomas Savery correspondence (1885-1903) and biographical material. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 15

Handley Memorial Library
Address: The Handley Library, P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604. 100 W. Piccadilly St., Winchester, VA 22601.
Phone: (540) 662-9042. Fax: (540) 722-4769.
e-mail: handley@shentel.net.
The library catalog is available online. The Handley Library is a regional library, serving Frederick and Clarke counties as well as Winchester, VA. The Archives Room, operated jointly with the Winchester – Frederick County Historical Society, has genealogy and local history material, including manuscripts, maps, photos, and books on the lower Shenandoah Valley area as well as local newspapers on microfilm and local census and court records. The Archives Room houses an extensive and long-standing collection of materials on the people, places, and events of the Lower Shenandoah Valley from 1732 to the present. The Archives holds over 500 linear feet of manuscripts and ephemera, including account books, funeral home records, diaries, correspondence, and historical and genealogical research items. Inventories available upon request. A transcript of the Hite vs. Fairfax proceedings is available on microfilm. The periodical collection includes historical and genealogical journals and locally published journals. Major holdings include the Confederate Veteran, Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, William and Mary Quarterly, and the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Journal. The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg), 1736-1780 is available on microfilm. The Winchester Star is available on microfilm beginning in 1896. Issues of other local newspapers dating back to 1787 are also kept in the Archives. Shenandoah County newspapers are available on microfilm from 1817 to 1914.

Harpers Ferry Center Library
Address: Attn: Librarian David Nathanson. National Park Service Archives; Harpers Ferry, WV 25425.
Phone: (304) 535-6262 fax: (304) 535-6492.
Approval of Archivist required. Copying facilities available.
Collection includes: Six hundred cubic feet of materials relating exclusively to National Park Service history and activities and to past NPS employees. The collection includes: over 1 million photographs of National Park system areas, Civilian Conservation Corps operations, and museums; oral history interviews, including 450 with long-time NPS employees and 130 relating to history of women in the NPS; items concerning tourism, history of museums, historic preservation, environmental and historical interpretation, and the conservation movement; 200 film/videos, 25,000 reels of microfilm, 300 maps, and 1,100 museum artifacts. See Bibliography for list of relevant individual items. Information on Harpers Ferry National Historic Park is included.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Library
Address: Attn: Bruce Noble. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; P.O. Box 65; Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. Approval required.
Phone: (304) 535-6020, (304) 535-6441.
Collection includes: Manuscripts, photographs (with negatives), audio recordings, microfilm, maps, blueprints/architectural materials, lithographs/prints and other artwork, and park archives relating to Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, the John Brown Raid, the Civil War, industrial development after the Civil War, and transportation (Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Winchester & Potomac Railroad, and various turnpikes). A computerized comprehensive database has been created from local newspapers, court records, and census records. Public Records: deeds, chancery proceedings, wills, marriages, deaths, etc. in the Harpers Ferry have been indexed. Census Data: Census data for Harpers Ferry from 1810 to 1880 and 1900 to 1920 have been indexed. (These databases have been included in the Explorer Database.) Other Sources: Relevant material from the National Archives in Washington has been used to prepare Historic Data Sections of Historic Structures Reports. University repositories of private papers and institutional records have been targeted for future research. Records of Storer College, consisting of archives and manuscripts at West Virginia University, and local family collections are presently forming the nucleus of a computer index for Storer College. See the Bibliography for listing of individual items.

Harvard University, Houghton Library
Address: Cambrdge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-2449 (manuscript division) fax: (617) 495-1376
email: houghton_manuscripts@harvard.edu
Offers online catalog (HOLLIS).
Collection includes: Grew family. Papers of the Grew, Andrews, Norton, and Wigglesworth families, 1738-1884 (inclusive). 6 boxes. Chiefly family correspondence; also diaries, travel journals, commonplace books, manuscripts of writings, and personal business papers of the related Grew, Andrews, Norton, and Wigglesworth families of Massachusetts. Includes a description of Harpers Ferry, WV. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 17

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Address: 1151 Oxford Road; San Marino, CA 91108.
Phone: (818) 405-2180.
Collection includes: Selected papers of John Brown. The Religious Herald (Richmond). Records, 1846-1893, 110 items. Forms part of the library's Brock Collection of Virginiana. Topics: Churches and religious affairs, Baptist. Chiefly letters addressed to Jeremiah Bell Jeter and Alfred Elijah Dickinson, editors of the Religious Herald, principal organ of the Baptists of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Address: 210 Parkside Dr., Box 488, West Branch, IO 52358.
Phone: (319) 643-5301.
Website: hoover.nara.gov/index/htlm
Offers onsite search guide.
The collection includes: Nash, Bradley DeLamater (1900-1997). Papers, 1925-1968, 22 ft. Economist and Government official, Mayor of Harpers Ferry. Topics: Centennial celebration, 1963. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, drafts, and printed material, relating to Thomas E. Dewey's presidential campaigns (1944, 1948), postwar economic and social readjustments (1945), Reconstruction Finance Corporation, President's Advisory Committee on Government Reorganization (Rockefeller Committee), War Assets Administration, War Production Board, the West Virginia centennial, Allied Military Government in Italy, and Nash's work as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Aviation, Department of the Air Force (1953-1956) and Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation (1957-1961); mss. for A Hook in Leviathan (1950) coauthored with Cornelius Lynde, and a pamphlet entitled Staffing the Presidency (1952). Correspondents include Thomas E. Dewey, Lewis L. Strauss, and Sinclair Weeks.

Historic Shepherdstown Museum
Address: P.O. Box 1786; Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
Phone: (304) 876-0910
email: hsc@intrepid.net
Collection includes: Photographs: Panorama of Shepherdstown (ca. 1920); 1936 flood; various photos of Shepherdstown; 1924 flood; and Ferry in use (1936-1939). Includes many photographs from the Goldsboro Collection (indexed in the Bibliography). Two summonses from Harper's Ferry. Slave bill of sale (December 4, 1838). Selby Dry Goods Store ledger (Shepherdstown merchant) (ca. 1796.). Morgan's Grove Harvest Fair literature, (ca. 1920s). Copy of Ladies Garland, September 9, 1826, Harper's Ferry, "Female Education" article. Postcards. Various receipts of different merchants (1891, 1893).

Presbyterian Historical Society
Address: 425 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: (215) 627-1852 fax: (215) 627-0509
Website: history.pcusa.org
Online catalog in development (Spring 2001)
North Carolina Office:
Address: P.O. Box 849, Montreat, NC 28757.
Phone: (828) 669-7061 fax: (828)669-5369
The national archives and historical research center of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It holds archival records, books and serials, and artifacts that document the history of the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition in America. Collection emphases include church legal and administrative decisions; religion and life in Colonial America; the American Revolution; the First and Second Great Awakenings; missionary work among the Asians, Africans, and Native Americans; the New Republic; the Civil War and Reconstruction; Westward expansion; Civil Rights and other race issues; social justice issues; and ecumenical movements. Archival records consist of the official records of the denomination and its predecessor denominations created by General Assembly agencies, middle governing bodies, and congregations. These include minutes, registers, reports, files, and other material, as well as publications of the General Assembly and its predecessors and imprints of the various boards of publication. Other archival records include those of Presbyterian-related organizations and related ecumenical organizations such as the Federal and National Council of Churches, the American Sunday School Union, and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The Society also collects the personal papers (including correspondence, diaries, and photographs) of Presbyterians who are significant for their service to the church, with an emphasis on mission work. The Montreat office specializes in records from the southern states and from the mission fields of the former Presbyterian Church, U.S. ("Southern" Presbyterians). The books and periodicals collections include early imprints of the foundation documents of the Reformed tradition, such as Calvin's Institutes, a range of Bibles, and books on Presbyterian and Reformed history and biography. These holdings currently total approximately 20,000 cubic feet of archival records and personal papers; c. 250,000 monographs, serials, and rare books; and a significant museum collection that includes approximately 300 paintings and over 25,000 communion tokens.

Collection includes: Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Minutes of sessions, 1791-1957, 85 ft. Topics: Presbyterian Churches and religious affairs; Vital records. The minutes include proceedings of the sessions (the governing bodies of the local churches), registers of pastors, elders, and deacons, baptisms, members, deaths, and marriages in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and all states to the south and east of these boundaries. The minutes of the mid-nineteenth century frequently contain material pertaining to the relationship of slaves to the church. The material is related to the repository's collection of Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 19 minutes of presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Microfilm catalog of records and minutes available in the repository. Open to investigators under restrictions of the repository. Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Presbyteries. Minutes of presbyteries, 1785-1952, 63 ft. Topics: Presbyterian Churches and religious affairs. The minutes include proceedings of the regional courts (subdivisions of synods which usually follow state lines) functioning in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and all states to the south and east of these boundaries. The material is related to the repository's collection of minutes of synods of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Microfilm catalog of records and minutes available in the repository. These materials are also available on microfilm at Duke University.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Address: 1300 Locust Street; Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 732-6201 fax: (215) 732-2680
Website: hsp.org
Collection includes: Civil War list of diaries, reminiscences, and papers owned by the Society. One of the nation's largest non-governmental repositories of documentary materials, housing more than 500,000 books, 300,000 graphic works, and 15 million manuscript items. One of the largest family history libraries in the nation with excellent library collections on local and regional history. Offers a manuscript collection renowned for its 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century holdings. Collection includes: Davidson, William B. Journal and Sketchbook, 1824-1825. 2 v. Davidson's sketchbook, 1825, contains drawings of Harpers Ferry. Geary family. Correspondence, 1859-1865. ca. 400 items. John White Geary, born in Westmoreland County, PA, was a colonel in the Mexican War, first mayor of San Francisco, territorial governor of Kansas, a major general in the Union Army at the end of the Civil War, and governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-1873. He began his Civil War service as a colonel of the 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Harpers Ferry.

Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Library
Address: Sixth Street, N. W.; Washington, DC 20059.
Phone: (202) 806-7240 fax: (202) 806-6405
Website: 138.238.41.254.
Online catalog (Sterling) at 138.238.41.252.
The collection includes: Douglass, Frederick (1817?-1895) Papers, 1790-1943, 6 ft. Abolitionist, journalist, and diplomat, b. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Topics: Civil War. Correspondence, writings, news articles, memorabilia, and photos, by and about Douglass and his family, chiefly 1847-1895. Includes published and unpublished writings on abolitionism and civil rights; financial documents relating to Douglass' appointment as commissioner for Haiti to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; obituaries and tributes; memorabilia and photos relating to John Brown; and 2 indentures (1790 and 1796). Lewis, Thomas Narven. Papers, ca. 1898-1934, 80 items. Includes pamphlets pertaining to Storer College (Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County). Storer College Collection, 1917-1955. ca. 40 items. Periodicals, brochures, a list of students, and clippings relating to Storer College, the first higher educational institution for Afro-Americans in West Virginia, founded at Harpers Ferry in 1867; together with forms, lists, notes, and correspondence concerning the Washington, DC, chapter of the Storer College Alumni Association and a fund raising campaign.

Hyde Park Historical Society
Address: Hyde Park, MA 01236
Phone: ?
Collection includes: Civil War archives, [18–]-[19–]. ca. 50 linear ft. Forms part of the repository's Town of Hyde Park collection. Histories (many published) of the 5th, 9th, 10th, 17th, 54th, and other Massachusetts regiments, the 1st, 10th, and 29th Maine, and 40th (Mozart) regiment of New York; materials relating to the siege at Harper's Ferry, and other related topics.

Jefferson County Museum
Address: 200 East Washington Street; P.O. Box 992; Charles Town, WV 25414.
Phone: (304) 725-8628
email: charlestownwvmuseum.org
Collection includes: Charlotte Fairbairn Crouch collection of Hall-Marmion papers; personal collection of Harriet Johnston, niece of James Buchanan; Osburn Document Collection (the gift of Roger J. Perry), 198 documents, 1761-1982; Chew Papers (Colonel Roger Preston Chew, C.S.A.); Gibson Collection (Col. John T. Gibson Document Collection presented to The Jefferson County Museum by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1987). These collections have been described at the item level. See the Bibliography for listing of individual items. The museum also includes unpublished plays and short stories of Julia Davis as well as photographs, letters, and other memorabilia from the Shannondale Springs Resort.

Jefferson County Oral and Visual History Association, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 173; Bakerton, WV 25410.
Phone: (304) 876-3321
Much of the following material has been incorporated into a compact disc, Explorer: The Jefferson County, West Virginia Database, published by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. The collection includes: Photographs: 5,000 Jefferson County images — 35mm slide and negative. Copies of studies from Native American archaeological excavation at the Glen Haven site in Jefferson County (1972). Photographs: collection of Charles Town photographer Edwin Fitzpatrick. Film: "History of Thoroughbred Racing in Jefferson County" (based on mostly historical film, much of it commercial in nature). Film: "Glen Haven" – traces the entire archaeological process of excavating the Glen Haven site. Film: "Charles Town" (1941) – approximately 650 slides have been made from the original film, which is at the State Archives in Charleston. Photographs: approximately 200 of Julia Davis and her father, John W. Davis, when she was a child. Photographs: Goldsboro Collection – includes some unusual shots for the time period, consists of 400 to 500 photos (primarily of Shepherdstown from the Goldsboro Collection), industrial sites, candid photos taken by 10-year-old boy in Shepherdstown (ca. 1910s). Twenty oral histories (recorded, transcribed, and indexed) by William Theriault concerning Bakerton dating back to 1915. (Includes one with black man whose family lived in area since the limestone quarries opened.) Detailed chronological history of the county taken from primary sources (computerized). Total of 55 audio recordings. 12 maps. Electronic copies of newspaper articles and public records. See the Bibliography for listings of individual items.

Library of Congress
Address: 101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, D.C. 20540.
Phone: (202) 707-5000
Individual holdings related to Jefferson County are extensive. Many of these are listed in the Bibliography CD. An Internet version of their public access catalog is available and will help you search quickly for relevant materials. The LC American Memory Project, also online, contains thousands of photographs, documents, and other research sources. Some of the following sources are online. (See the Library of Congress Home Page.) The holdings at the Library of Congress include: Historic American Buildings Survey Records, 1933-1941, 1957-1978, 236 ft. In part, transcripts (typewritten) and photocopies. Topics: Architecture. Historical and architectural information; 34,750 measured drawings; and 44,800 photos, relating to ca. 17,000 historic American buildings and sites. Includes data concerning the construction, maintenance, and alterations of these sites, and information relating to individuals connected with them. Also described in Catalog of the Measured Drawings and Photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey in the Library of Congress (1941), Supplement (1959), and A Check List of Subjects, Additions to the Survey Material Deposited in the Library of Congress Since Publication of the HABS Supplement (1963). A publications list is available from the repository. Hotchkiss, Jedediah (1828-1899). Papers, 1835-1908, ca. 20,000 items. Confederate Army officer, topographical and mining engineer and historian. Topics: Coal mines and mining; land. Correspondence, diaries (1845-1899), notebooks, subject files, writings, financial papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed material, chiefly 1875-1898, relating principally to Hotchkiss' service with the Confederate Army as a topographical engineer in Virginia and his involvement with various land and mining schemes in West Virginia, especially Gauley Coal Company, Guyandot Coal Land Association, and North Flat-Top Association. Hotckiss' diaries and papers include information about his activities in Jefferson County during the Civil War. Portions of his Civil War Diaries have been published (see Bibliography). Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874). Collection of papers, 1839-1925, 35 items. In part, photocopies and transcripts. U. S. President. Topics: Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV, John Brown's Raid. Chiefly correspondence (1839-1870), relating to slavery, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law, raid on Harpers Ferry, and other topics. Includes detailed index (1925) to vols. 1-44 of the Fillmore papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Correspondents include Philip Fendall and Solomon George Haven. Jefferson County Whigs had close connections to Fillmore during his Presidency. Stephen, Adam (ca. 1730-1791). Papers, 1749-1849, 125 items. Army officer. Topics: Berkeley County, VA (now WV), Plantations. Personal and military correspondence, accounts, legal papers, survey reports, and plats, chiefly 1754-1777, relating to Stephen's military service in Virginia during the colonial period and with the 4th Virginia Regiment and the Continental Army during the Revolution and to the operation of his Berkeley County, VA (WV), plantation. Correspondents include Robert Dinwiddie, Francis Fauquier, Enoch Innis, Thomas Bryan Martin, William Maxwell, James Mercer, John Russell, Alex Stephen, Alexander Stuart, and George Washington. The repository also has microfilm (1 reel) of the collection. Broadsides. Several broadsides relating to Jefferson County are listed in the Bibliography.

Library of Virginia
Address: 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 692-3500
The Virginia State Library houses one of the largest collections of materials relating to ante-bellum Jefferson County. Segments of these collections have been microfilmed and are available at other institutions. In addition to the items described below, numerous documents from this source are listed in the Bibliography and Index of this volume. Collections include: Alexander - Baldwin - Bedinger - Briscoe - Morgan - Washington - Whiting family genealogical notes. 50 leaves. Collection consists of miscellaneous genealogical material related to the Virginia families of Alexander, Baldwin, Bedinger, Briscoe, Morgan, Washington, and Whiting. Includes Civil War reminiscences of Mrs. William Fontaine Alexander of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Berry Family. Papers, 1803-1854, 52 items. The Reverend Robert T. Berry and his wife Anne Frame Berry, and her mother, Elizabeth Griggs, lived in Charles Town, WV. Topics: Family and personal papers. Correspondence, accounts, power of attorney, and other papers of the Berry family, of Georgetown, DC, and Jefferson County. Chief names represented are Mrs. Anne F. Berry, Rev. Robert T. Berry, and Mrs. Eliza M. Griggs, of Charles Town. Mrs. Griggs writes about the division of her slaves. Brown, John. Papers. ca. 1859. Papers of John Brown and his associates, retrieved by authorities after Brown was captured at Harpers Ferry. Some of these materials were used as evidence at Brown's trial and then sent to Richmond for safe keeping. They were “lost” for almost 50 years and then rediscovered. Most of these papers have been reprinted in the Calendar of Virginia State Papers (q.v.). Certificates for rewards for the arrest of criminals, 1859-1860. 4 items. Section 13, chapter 45 of the 1849 Code of Virginia allowed the payment of rewards for services rendered or expenses incurred in the arrest of criminals. The series consists of certificates authenticating the informer's right to a reward. One of the documented cases includes the capture of Edward Hazlet, alias William Harrison, a fugitive from the Harpers Ferry raid, captured in Carlisle, PA, by M. W. Hauser. Auditor of Public Accounts inventory entry no. 690. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. Confederate States of America. Records, 1861-1865, ca. 530 items and 1 v. Topics: Civil War, Campaigns, battles, military actions. Letter book (ca. 400 letters) of Robert Ould, Commissioner and Agent for Exchange for the C. S. A. War Department's Bureau of Exchange. Hairston Family Bible Recrod, 1847-1984. 26 leaves. Includes Bible record (15 leaves, pp. 127-141) and a typed transcript (11 leaves, pp. 27-37). Areas covered are Henry County, VA, Price, NC, and Jefferson County, WV. Hairston Family Bible record, 1878-1984. 14 leaves. Area covered is Jefferson County, West Virginia. These records are from the Bible of Peter Watkins Hairston of Rippon, Jefferson County, WV. Hensell Family Bible record, 1747-1861. 5 leaves. Areas covered are Berkeley County and Jefferson County, WV. Other surnames mentioned: Coon, Folch, Hoke, James, Miller, and Powel. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 24 Madison, James, Sr., b. 1723. Account books and miscellaneous papers. The father of president of James Madison. Includes copy of a book entitled: Mystery of the Wizard Clip, West Virginia, 1879, by John B. Piet. Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series F, part 3, Selections from the Manuscript Dept., Duke University / general editor, Kenneth M. Stampp, [1724-1952] [microform]. Published: Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, 1987. 45 reels. Contains a wide variety of records of families from the upper South, principally North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, describing farm and plantation management and operations. It documents day to day functions of these agricultural units as well as providing a rich insight into the social life, education, religious life, and family relationships of this portion of the South. There is also information on merchant, milling, and slave-trading operations. The families, whose papers are a part of this collection, also had property in other areas, especially Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and there is abundant information on agricultural practices and society in those states. The collection covers the colonial period, the Revolution, antebellum, Civil War, and postbellum periods. The papers are divided by state and then by individual or family. The Virginia section, comprised of 19 reels, contains papers of Battaille Muse. Shaw, Charles B. Bath to Shepherdstown Turnpike field notes, 1836. 1 v. Charles Shaw's report to the Board of Public Works summarized findings based on field notes taken by Mr. Sinton, which estimate the degree of difficulty and the expected cost of the road from Bath to Shepherdstown, a distance of 32 1/2 miles. These records contain field notes for a survey of the route from Bath to Shepherdstown, directed by Charles B. Shaw, principal engineer. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 437. Engineer's survey summary can be found in the Board of Public Works Annual Report for 1834/35, 1835/36, pages 415-416. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Slaughter, Smith. Document, 1 item, April 25, 1791. Bill of sale for a slave sold by this Berkeley County resident to James Graham. Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Accounts and receipts, 1860-1861. 2 ft. 8 in. In 1860 the General Assembly passed several acts authorizing the payment of expenses incurred during John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid. Contains accounts and receipts for payments of expenses, 1860-1861. Auditor of Public Accounts inventory entry no. 145. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Berryville and Charlestown Turnpike Company records, 1847-1882. 6 in. An act to incorporate the Berryville and Charlestown Turnpike Company was approved by the General Assembly March 22, 1847, for the purpose of constructing a road from the town of Berryville in Clarke County, to the town of Charlestown in Jefferson County. Records consist of letters sent, a map (1849), reports, lists of stockholders, certificates of stock subscriptions, newspaper clippings, returns of tolls (1858-1861), security bonds, accounts, and receipts from 1847-1854, 1856-1863, 1865-1878, and 1882. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 209. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Crossroads and Summit Point Turnpike Company Records, 1855-1887. 40 items. An act of the General Assembly approved March 29, 1855, authorized formation of the Crossroads and Summit Point Turnpike Company to construct a road from a point of intersection on the Charlestown and Berryville Turnpike, at the crossroad leading to Summit Point, to Summit Point depot on the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. These records contain letters sent, reports, lists of Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 25 stockholders, and certificates of stock subscriptions covering the period 1855-1857, 1859, 1867-1869, 1872, 1876-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886-1887. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 236. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Hillsboro and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company records, 1851-1893. 30 items. An act of the General Assembly approved March 9, 1849, authorized formation of the Hillsboro and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company as a corporation to construct a road from Hillsborough in Loudoun County to some point near the bridge across the Shenandoah River at Harper's Ferry in Jefferson County. Records contain letters sent, reports, lists of stockholders, certificates of stock subscriptions for 1851-1852, 1855, 1858-1860, and 1893. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Middleway and Gerardstown Turnpike Company records, 1855-1858. 17 items. An act of the General Assembly passed February 18, 1854, approved incorporation of the Middleway and Gerardstown Turnpike Company to build a road from Middleway in Jefferson County by way of Bunker Hill and Gerardstown, to some point on Back Creek. Records contain letters sent, field notes (1856), 1 vol., reports, lists of stockholders, and certificates of stock subscriptions. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 330. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Smithfield, Charlestown, and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company records, 1831-1902. 1 in. An act of the General Assembly passed February 18, 1830, approved incorporation of the Smithfield, Charlestown, and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company, to construct a turnpike road from Harper's Ferry in Jefferson County by way of the Charlestown, to Smithfield, or some point nearby. Records contain letters sent, reports, and lists of stockholders for the years 1831-1854, 1859-1861, 1865, 1902. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 393. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Smithfield, Charlestown, and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company records, 1831-1902. 1 in. An act of the General Assembly passed February 18, 1830, approved incorporation of the Smithfield, Charlestown, and Harper's Ferry Turnpike Company, to construct a turnpike road from Harper's Ferry in Jefferson County by way of the Charlestown, to Smithfield, or some point nearby. Records contain letters sent, reports, and lists of stockholders for 1831-1854, 1859-1861, 1865, and 1902. Board of Public Works inventory entry no. 393. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Virginia. Board of Public Works. Virginia and Maryland Bridge Company records, 1849-1859. Board of Public Works Inventory entry no. 78. The company was incorporated by an act of assembly dated January 17, 1848. The bridge between Maryland and Harpers Ferry, VA, was completed in 1850. These records contain letters sent, contracts, reports, certificates of stock subscriptions, and lists of stockholders. Forms part of the records of the Virginia Board of Public Works. Agency record VASV89-A2 describes the Board of Public Works. Watkins family Bible Record, 1782-1983. 5 leaves. Areas covered are Henry County and Roanoke, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia. Bible published in 1845. Other surnames mentioned: Hairston, Plummer, and Wilson. These records are from the Bible of Peter W. Watkins of Shawnee Plantation, Henry County, Virginia. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 26 Approximately 50 broadsides related to Jefferson County are found in the library's collections. These are listed separately in the Bibliography. The library includes legislative petitions to the Virginia Assembly made before June 20, 1863, personal property tax records for West Virginia counties (1782-1863), and birth and death records (1853-1863). All of these are available on microfilm at the West Virginia Archives.

Manassas National Battlefield Park Collections
Address: 12521 Lee Highway, Manassas, Virginia 20109-2005.
Phone: (703) 754-1861 fax: (703) 754-1107
Website: nps.gov/mana/index.htm
Collections include: Gibbons. Simeon Buford (1833-1862). Civil War correspondence, 1861-1862, 47 items. Teacher, merchant, and colonel of the 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Topics: Civil War, letters relating to West Virginia. Chiefly letters from Gibbons to his sister Louisa U. Gibbons and his father Samuel Gibbons, both of Rome, GA, relating to growing sentiments for secession in Virginia, Confederate military build-up in the Harpers Ferry area, the first Manassas battle, winter quarters in northern Virginia, and particularly the role of the 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry.

Martinsburg - Berkeley County Public Library
Address: 101 West King Street, Martinsburg, WV 25401.
Phone: (304) 267-8933 fax: (304) 267-9720
Online catalog at tlc.library.net/martinsburg/default.asp
The library has a genealogy and local history room and an online public access catalog.
Collection includes: Index of names appearing in the birth records of Jefferson County, Virginia and West Virginia, 1853 - 1890 (index only, records at Jefferson County courthouse). Index of names appearing in the birth records of Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1891 - 1928 (index only, records at Jefferson County courthouse). Marriage records of Berkeley County, Virginia and West Virginia, 3 vol. set (1781 - 1854, 1854 - 1906, 1907 - 1950). Marriages, Jefferson County, Virginia and West Virginia, 1801 - 1890. Frederick County, Virginia, marriages, 1771 - 1825. Frederick County, Virginia, marriages, 1738 - 1850. Tombstone inscriptions, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1687 - 1980. 1790 State Census of Virginia (on microfilm). Heads of families, 1790: Virginia state enumerations, 1782 to 1785. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782 - 1787. Virginians in 1800: Counties of West Virginia. 1810 Census of Jefferson County, Virginia. Census records, Jefferson County - 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. 1890 Special Census of Union Veterans and widows for Berkeley, Morgan, and Jefferson Counties. Abstracts of wills, Berkeley County, West Virginia. West Virginia estate settlements. Wills of Jefferson County, West Virginia, an index, 1801 - 1899. Frederick County, Virginia: wills and administrations, 1795 - 1816. Virginia wills and administrations, 1632 - 1800. Berkeley County will books 1 - 37 (microfilm). 2nd Virginia Infantry (Virginia Regimental Histories Series). West Virginians in the American Revolution. West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors (whose services were non-military). The Soldiery of West Virginia: the French & Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolution, the later Indian wars. Sims' index to land grants in West Virginia. Calendar and index to recorded survey plats in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Abstracts of Virginia's northern Neck warrants and surveys - volumes include Hampshire and Berkeley County, 1697 - 1784, and Frederick County, 1747 - 1780. The personal property tax lists for the year 1787 for Berkeley County; for Frederick County and Winchester town. Virginia taxpayers, 1782 - 1787. Reconstructed census, 1774 - 1810: Berkeley County, Virginia. Berkeley County deed books, book 1 - 100 (on microfilm). Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society – vol. 1 (1935) through current issue. Frederick Findings – quarterly publications of Lineage Search Associates, deals with records from old Frederick County, VA, and counties created from it – begins 1988. Newspapers on microfilm: Farmers Advocate, 1897 - 1930; 1935 - 1947; Gerrardstown Good Templar, 1883 - 1885; Gerrardstown Times, 1898 - 1905; Martinsburg Daily World, 1891 - 1893; Martinsburg Gazette, 1810 - 1815; 1823 - 1848; 1851 - 1855; 1886 - 1887 (index for years 1810 - 1855); Martinsburg Herald, 1881 - 1882; 1884 - 1886; 1887 - 1913; 1916 - 1918; Martinsburg Independent, 1874 - 1899; Martinsburg Journal, 1912; 1916 - 1929; 1932 - present. Martinsburg News, 1932 - 1973. Martinsburg Statesman - Democrat, 1874 - 1906; 1908 - 1913. Shepherdstown Register, 1849 - 1955. Spirit of Jefferson, 1852 - 1922; 1925 - 1930; 1932 - 1933; 1945 - 1946; 1951 - 1958. Spirit of Jefferson - Advocate, 1937 - 1983. Weathervane, Martinsburg, 1927 - 1946. Virginia Republican (Martinsburg), 1832 - 1862 (scattered issues). Newspapers (bound volumes): Virginia Republican (Martinsburg-Berkeley County, Va.): Sept. 1, 1855 (Vol. 15, No. 2) - Nov. 6, 1858 (Vol. 18, No. 12). The World (Daily) (Martinsburg, West Va.), Aug. 31, 1891 (Vol. 1, No. 1) - Aug. 30, 1892 (Vol. 2 No. 310), Aug. 31, 1892 (Vol. 2, No. 311) - Sept. 23, 1893 (Vol. 3, No. 21). The World (Weekly) (Martinsburg, West Va.): Nov. 13, 1891 (Vol. 1, No. 1) - Sept. 29, 1893 (Vol. 2, No. 51). Berkeley County News (Martinsburg, West Va.): Dec. 11, 1931 (Vol. 1, No. 1) - June 9, 1933 (Vol. 2, No. 28); missing Vol. 2, No. 29. The Shenandoah Sun (Martinsburg, West Va.) (successor to Berkeley County News): June 30, 1933 (Vol. 2, No. 30) - March 16, 1934 (Vol. 2, No. 70). The Martinsburg News (Martinsburg, West Va.). Bible records: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, vol. 1. Hopewell Friends History, 1734 - 1934, Frederick County, Virginia. On This Rock: The Story of St. Peter's Church, Shepherdstown, 1765 - 1965. The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia (25 vol.) and supplemental series (25 vol.). Hardesty's West Virginia Counties; The Draper Manuscripts (microfilm) - covers period from roughly 1740 to 1830 (Book index); Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia (1888); History of Berkeley County, West Virginia - Evans (1928); Chronicles of Old Berkeley - Gardiner (1938). Berkeley County, U.S.A.: A Bicentennial History - Doherty (1972). Historic Shepherdstown - Dandridge (1910). Two Hundred years' History of Shepherdstown, 1730 - 1931 - Musser. Prominent Men of Shepherdstown During Its First Two Hundred years, 1762 - 1962 - Kenamond. A History of Jefferson County, West Virginia - Bushong (1941). Historic Jefferson County - Bushong (1972). Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908 - Cartmell. History of the Shenandoah Valley, 3 vol. - Couper. A History of Eastern Jefferson County, West Virginia - Theriault (1988). History of the Valley of Virginia - Kercheval.

Maryland Historical Society Library
Address: 201 West Monument Street; Baltimore, MD 21201.
Phone: (410) 685-3750 fax: (410) 385-2105
Email: library@mdhs.org Collection includes:
An online finding aid to the manuscript collection is available at www.mdhs.org. The online index to prints and photographs is also available from this site. (Several Jefferson County images are listed.) For other guides to the manuscript collection see Avril J. M. Pedley (comp.), The Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore, 1968); and Richard Cox and Larry E. Sullivan (eds.), Guide to the Research Collection of the Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore, 1981). Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Collection. Ms. 2003. Letters and Telegrams, 1859-1880. Includes several hundred letters describing B & O activity during the Civil War. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Papers. Chiefly letters of the presidents of the B & O Railroad from 1827 to 1866. Includes material on the role of the railroad in the Civil War with references to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Records, Ms. 1816. Eighteen bound volumes of letterbooks, 1859- 1867, each indexed by addressee, of the outgoing correspondence from the office of the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, written by or for President John W. Garrett (1820-84) to political and military leaders, officials of other railroad companies, and Baltimore and Ohio officials and departments: daily operational and managerial concerns of the railroad through the Civil War years with comments on John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Blackford, Grove, and Mayer family papers, 1767-1984. ca. 200 items. Residents of Washington County, MD. Chiefly genealogical data compiled by Pauline Blackford; together with correspondence of William Blackford (d. 1922) and other family members, and deeds and other records (in part, transcripts) for property in Sharpsburg, MD, Shepherdstown, WV, and along the Potomac River. Includes material relating to the Franklin, Rohrer, Van Swearingen, and other families. Blackford Diary, Ms.1087. Diary covers 1829-1831. Writer, John Blackford, seems to have been a prosperous farmer, storekeeper, and ferry owner. He notes the names of those using the ferry and discusses the day's events -- lumbering, hemp-making, selling of wheat, breeding of horses, and amount of money lent and owed. Blackford resided at Hagerstown, Maryland. Information may be pertinent to the Blackford family in Jefferson County. Brown Letter Book, Ms.155. Letterpress book containing three chapters of autobiographical narrative of Colored Sambo by John Brown (1800-1859). 1 vol., 1859. Dorsey, Richard, Papers, Ms. 1653. 9 boxes, 1799-1848. Business and personal papers of Richard Dorsey (1780-1850), Baltimore merchant: correspondence on tobacco, corn, fish and flour includes Thomas Hammond of Shepherdstown, Virginia. Gilmor, Harry, Manuscript, Ms. 2248.2. Manuscript copy (not in Gilmor's handwriting) of the first section of Harry Gilmor's (1838-83) Four Years in the Saddle (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1866) about his career in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 29 Gilmor, Harry, Papers, Ms.1287. (10 pp.) 75 items, 1862-1865. Civil War correspondence of Colonel Harry Gilmor, Confederate raider and officer in the southern army, 1862-1865. Includes both family and military items. Letter from Gilmor to Captain G. W. Booth of Johnson’s Cavalry Brigade, giving an account of Gilmor's destruction of railroads, etc. Gilmor, Harry, Papers, Ms.1288. 50 items, 1865-1883. Letters and resolutions dealing with Colonel Harry Gilmor's last illness and his affairs after his death. Letter from Gilmor to Hoffman Gilmor, May 23, 1865, while a prisoner at Fort Warren. Miscellaneous papers concerning his book, Four Years in the Saddle. Gilmor, Harry, Scrapbook, Ms.385. 1 vol., c. 1883. Collection of newspaper clippings relating to the career and death of Colonel Harry Gilmor, Confederate officer, and to other members of the Gilmor family. Included are two MS. letters – one introducing Hoffman Gilmor to the Duke of Granada, and the other from Mr. Gilmor to the Duke, enclosing it, n. d. Hamilton Papers, Ms.1301. 40 items, 1760-1800. Letters from James Lawson of Glasgow to Alexander Hamilton, merchant of Port Tobacco and Piscataway, MD, 1760-1770, and from Hamilton to Robert Ferguson at Port Tobacco, 1785-1798. Hamilton was part owner of Keep Triste Furnace in present day Jefferson County. Deals with tobacco trade, troubles over notes drawn in excess of proceeds, and local business affairs. List of bonds, notes, and other papers belonging to the store of John Glassford, May 24, 1785. Also letters from Governor William Smallwood to Robert Ferguson. Harris, James Morrison (1817-1898) Papers. Ms. 2739. Includes references to “Elk Lawn” in Jefferson County, VA. Kennedy, John Pendleton, Papers, Ms. 2152. 8 items, 1838-69. Letters from Kennedy (1785-1870) to Henry B. Dawson Isaac Lea, Hamlet Lee, A. B. Merriam, J. D. Toy, and George Peabody about the Maryland Historical Society, a magazine subscription, and the death of Kennedy's father-in-law. Kennedy Papers, Ms.1336. 35 items, 1763-1856. Miscellaneous group of letters to and papers collected by John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870). Included are letters from Edmund Pendleton to James Madison, April 21, 1790, relating his memories of the reception of the Stamp Act in Virginia; John Adams to William Wirt, 1818, on men of the Revolutionary period; Henry C. Carey to John P. Kennedy, December 8, 1834, concerning Edgar Allan Poe's early work; poem, “The Wants Of Man,” by John Quincy Adams to Kennedy, August 21, 1841; N. P. Willis, "Letter no. XIV," from Martinique, April, 1852 (10 pp.); MS. leaf from John Marshall's Life of Washington. Other correspondents include Andrew Jackson Donelson, Millard Fillmore, Sam Houston, James Monroe, and St. George Tucker. Miscellaneous State, county and local records and papers, 1651-1951, ca. 7 ft., 29 items, 7 v., 4 boxes, 10 packages, 2 bundles, and 1 folder. Includes a list of fines and forfeitures for Washington County, MD. For much of its history, Jefferson County's business, family, and social relationships spanned the Potomac River and included Washington and Frederick Counties, Maryland. Ninth Regiment Record Books, Ms.620. 2 vols., 1863-1864. Descriptive book, Company B, 9th Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry, June-December, 1863; contains names of officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men commanded by Captain James W. Brady. Volume of morning reports, Company B, August, 1863-February, 1864, at duty stations at Harper's Ferry, Brown's Crossings, Duffield Station, and Maryland Heights. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 30 Jefferson County photographs in the collection include: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - artists’ excursion - Bollman Bridge (Harpers Ferry, WV), 1857. (Z24.29.VF) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - artists’ excursion - Bollman Truss Bridge (Harpers Ferry, WV). (Z24.32.VF) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Artists’ Excursion - Harper’s Ferry - "Water Landscape." (Z24.1841) Artists’ Excursion-- Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (railroads, bridges). (Z24.484) B and O Railroad views Harpers Ferry Salt Print. (Z24.1500) B and O Railroad views Artists’ Excursion, Harpers Ferry. (Z24.1525) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Artists’ Excursion - Harper’s Ferry, Landscape. (Z24.1842) Artists’ Excursion - Harper’s Ferry - Landscape with Train. (Z24.1843) John Brown Monument. - Harpers Ferry. (Z24.811) Harper’s Ferry, WV, view. (Z24.490) Large photograph, Harpers Ferry, ca. 1930 accession number 71365. (Z24.1506)

Maryland State Archives
Address: 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (800) 235-4045 fax: (410) 974-2525
Email: ref@mdarchives.state.md.us
Website: mdsa.net Collection includes:
Records for Maryland Counties. Frederick and Washington Counties and their antecedents, separated from Jefferson County by the Potomac River, are important sources of information about Jefferson County history. See Chapter 3 Public Records, for a detailed list of records for these counties. Also includes the Potomac Home Brigade Collection which contains the following Civil War material dealing with Jefferson County, WV: MS 35-30-18 Orders, Gen. Abercrombie, (1st Brigade, 1862), Shenandoah City, VA, Desires Col. Maulsby to supply his company from the Commissary Depot at Harpers Ferry. March 1, 1862. MS 35-30-20 Orders, Gen. Nathan Banks, (Gen. Banks Division), Charlestown, VA, Colonel Maulsby must set up pickets at Harpers Ferry to prevent any possible attempts by the enemy to cross it. Signed by F. J. Hauteville. March 2, 1862. MS 35-30-20 Orders, Gen. Nathan Banks, (Gen. Banks Division), Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order. Colonel Maulsby must reach Colonal Geary's companies immediately to relieve them. Signed by R. Morris Copeland, Asst. Adj. Gen. February 28, 1862. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 31 MS 35-30-20 Orders, Gen. Nathan Banks, (Gen. Banks Division), Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order. Directs Maulsby to send four companies to relieve Colonel Geary. Signed by B. Drake, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. February 28, 1862. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Col. William Pinkney Maulsby, 1st MD Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Camp Maulsby, Details companies for guard duty along the Railroad from Winchester to Harpers Ferry. Signed by March 14, 1862. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Col. William Pinkney Maulsby, 1st MD Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Charlestown VA, Lt. George T. Castle is to report to Captain Beckworth at Harpers Ferry for duty in the Commissary Department. Signed by William P. Maulsby, Colonel. March 21, 1862. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Col. William Pinkney Maulsby, 1st MD Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Lt. John T. Whittier, commanding Co. F. asks Major Steiner to detail the remainder of Co. H. to help him guard the railroad from Charlestown to Harpers Ferry. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Col. William Pinkney Maulsby, 1st MD Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Berlin, Major John A. Steiner orders Capt. William H.H. Yontz to have his command and all equipment at Headquarters tomorrow at 8 a.m. when they will move to Harpers Ferry March 4, 1862. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Col. William Pinkney Maulsby, 1st MD Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Bolivar, Major John A. Steiner orders Captains of Companies D, E, H and I to ready their commands for immediate march to Sandy Hook, thence to guard Potomac River from Knoxville to Noland Ferry March 6, 1862. MS 35-30-21 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, General Order No. 24. Officers are ordered to turn in a report of the expenses of the camps. Signed by Lt. H.M. Binney, Acting April 16, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order. Orders Colonel Maulsby to move his soldiers to better protect the roads, bridges, and railroads. Signed by L. April 7, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order No. 48. Gangs of horse thieves are in the area. All persons who cannot account for being in the area will be seized. Some have forged passes. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Charlestown, VA, Special Order. Orders Colonel Maulsby to march to Winchester and report to Colonel Lewis for duty. Signed by L. Miles, Commander. April 3, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, General Order No. 22. Concerns the movement of troops along the Railroad and the Canal. Signed by L. Miles, Commander. April 10, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order No. 24. Because marching would take too much time, Colonel Maulsby's Regiment will be transported by "cars" to their stations. Signed by Lt. H.M. Binney, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. April 16, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, General Order No. 25. Commanders are ordered to muster and inspect their soldiers. Signed by Lt. H.M. Binney, Acting Asst. Adj. April 25, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, General Order No.23. The signing of R.R. passes has been abused. Headquarters orders that all passes be signed Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 32 on the back, as well as the purpose, of the pass. Signed by Lt. Henry M. Binney, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. n.d. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, General Order No. 26. After officers approve Courts Martial, they will send them to Headquarters. Also, printed passes are being distributed for use during authorized absence. Signed by Lt. Henry M. Binney, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. May 2, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Relay House, Special Order. Colonel Maulsby is ordered to send a company to guard the General Hospitals in Frederick. The captain of the company will act as Provost Marshall for Frederick. Signed by H.A. Reynolds, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. May 3, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, The number of the Special Order issued from the Relay House is "Forty." Signed by Lt. H.M. Binney, Acting Asst. Adj. Gen. May 6, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Relay House, General Order No. 27. Headquarters of the Brigade will be established at Harpers Ferry. The staff of the Brigade is listed. Also, arrangements are being made to transport Colonel Miles' horse to the Ferry. Signed by Lt. H.A. May 11, 1862. MS 35-30-22 Orders and Official Business, Colonel L. Miles, Railroad Brigade, Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order No. 23. Colonel Maulsby is ordered to station his troops between the east side of the Harpers Ferry Bridge and Marriottsville, along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at specific points. Signed by Lt. H.M. Binney, April 11, 1862. MS 35-30-20 Orders, Gen. Nathan Banks, (Gen. Banks Division), Charlestown, VA, Colonel Maulsby must set up pickets at Harpers Ferry to prevent any possible attempts by the enemy to cross it. Signed by F. J. Hauteville. March 2, 1862. MS 35-30-20 Orders, Gen. Nathan Banks, (Gen. Banks Division), Harpers Ferry, VA, Special Order. Colonel Maulsby must reach Colonal Geary's companies immediately to relieve them. Signed by R. Morris Copeland, Asst. Adj. Gen. February 28, 1862. The institution’s photograph collection (partly online) includes several photographs of the Potomac River bridge at Shepherdstown taken by E.M. Recher before 1887 (accession nos. SC 1477-1-4822 and SC 1477-1- 4792) and an anonymous view of the C & O Canal (possibly between Shepherdstown and Harpers Ferry (accession no. S 1491-2).

Minnesota Historical Society
Address: 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: (651) 296-6126
Collection includes: Hughes, Charles W. 1862. The letter (November 1862) briefly describes the First Minnesota Infantry's march from Harper's Ferry to Warington, Virginia, during the Civil War, and mentions the removal of General George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Marty, Adam, 1837-1923. Adam Marty correspondence, 1861-1919 (bulk 1861-1863). 1 folder. Originals and typescript copies of correspondence (1861-1863, 1918-1919) of a member of Company B, 1st Regiment of Minnesota Infantry, during the Civil War. Seven letters to a friend, Henry A. Jackman of Stillwater (MN), describe the regiment's activity and movements (November 1861-April 1862). Includes discussion of John Brown. Patterson, Matthew S. Biographical Data on John Brown and Salmon Brown, 1916-1921. Biographical data on John Brown and Salmon Brown in four letters to Matthew Patterson. Includes a handwritten copy of the article [by Fred Lockley] “John brown’s Son Talks About His Father,” that appeared in the American Magazine, January 1917.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Address: 100 South State Street, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571.
Phone: (601) 359-6850 fax: (601) 359-6964 Holdings not yet online.
Collections include: Hopkins, George Washington (1845-1862). Papers, 1861-1864, 44 items. Confederate soldier. Topics: Civil War, Military actions. Letters, mainly to Hopkins' mother, Mrs. Emeline E. R. Hopkins, of Brooksville, MS, including some from camps in or near Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County).

Missouri Historical Society Collections
Address: 1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, MO 65201.
Phone: (573) 882-7083 fax: (573) 884-4950
Collection includes: Hall, John H. Account Book, 1800-1837. Business and personal records of the founder of Hall’s Rifle Factory at Harpers Ferry. Includes records of indentured servants and methods of solving equations. (Accession no. C270, 240 pages) Hall, Willard Preble (1820-1882). Papers, 1841-1869, ca. 40 items. Lawyer, soldier, and Provisional Governor of Missouri. Topics: Letters received in West Virginia. Family correspondence of Hall and Anne, George H. Hall, Mary Hall, Statira Hall, and William Hall, relating to pioneer life in Randolph and Howard counties, MO, politics, social conditions, farming, railroads, law practice, and the development of St. Joseph, MO. The letters are chiefly addressed to Dr. Nicholas Marmion and Lydia (Hall) Marmion, of Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, VA (now WV).

National Archives Library
Address: Room 205, (Mailing address) Eighth and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20408.
Phone: (202) 501-5415
The National Archives maintains the records of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Federal government, including millions of documents in paper, film, and electronic format. These documents are preserved in 27 archival repositories and Presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration at sites across the country. The main repositories are in Washington, DC, and College Park, Maryland. The National Archives and Records Administration publishes the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States (1995). This work is available in hard cover and has been duplicated in electronic format for access via the Internet at http://clio.nara.gov:70/inform/guide. Other catalogs, guides, inventories, leaflets, and papers available to assist users of the National Archives are identified in the Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration (GIL 3). The National Archives arranges its holdings according to the agency that created or maintained them in the form of numbered record groups, with each record group representing the records of a major government entity, usually a bureau or an independent agency. Within a record group, the records of a government agency are organized into series – a set of documents arranged according to the creating office's filing system. Many locally generated materials are maintained within the Regional Archives System. The National Archives-Mid Atlantic Region includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Its address is: 900 Market Street, Room 1350, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: 215-597-3000 Fax: 215-597-2303. A selective list of record group numbers and names follows, with notations on areas potentially relevant to Jefferson County research. (Information has been extracted from the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States.) 11. General Records of the United States Government 1778-1992. 11.6 Presidential Proclamations, Executive Orders, and Other Presidential Documents 1789-1991. 12. Records of the Office of Education (Record Group 12) 1870-1979. 12.2.2 Historical Files. Includes Records Relating to Surveys of Public Schools in States and Cities, 1911-30. 15. Records of the Veterans Administration [Va] (Record Group 15) 1773-1976. Predecessor Agencies: Military Bounty Lands and Pension Branch, War Department (ca. 1810-15); Pension Bureau, War Department (1815-33); Office of Commissioner of Pensions, War Department (1833-49); Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior (1849-1930); Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department (1914-21); Rehabilitation Division, Federal Board for Vocational Education (1918-21); Veterans Bureau (1921); U.S. Veterans Bureau (1921-30); National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States (1866-73); National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (1873-1930); Office of the Surgeon General, War Department (Supplying of Artificial Limbs and Other Devices Only, 1862-1930). 15.2.1 General Records. Includes Letters Sent Relating to Pensioners of Early Wars, 1881-1886. Registers of Appeals, 1867-1920 (with gaps). Index (31 Vols.) To Civil War Hospital Records Prepared by the Surgeon General's Office, 1882. Guide to Civil War Hospitals, 1888. Miscellaneous Hospital Registers (2 Vols.), 1861-63. Records Relating to State Soldiers' Homes, 1913-1922, and to Confederate Homes, 1919, 1927. 15.7 Records Relating to Pension and Bounty-land Claims 1773-1942 . 15.7.1 Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 35 Correspondence. 15.7.2 Pension and Bounty Land Application Files Based upon Service Prior to the Civil War. 15.7.3 Pension Application Files Based upon Service in the Civil War and Spanish-American War ("Civil War and Later"). 15.7.4 Other Pension and Bounty Land Records 21. Records of District Courts of the United States (Record Group 21) 1685-1991. 21.51 Records of U.S. District and Other Courts in West Virginia 1819-1967. 21.51.1 Records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District. Records of the Martinsburg Division, Including Dockets, 1899-1942; Case Files, 1888-1967; and Records Relating to Equity and Law Cases, 1888-1948, and to Bankruptcy, 1899-1949. 21.51.2 Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District. Records of the Martinsburg Division, Including Dockets, 1902-26; Law Case Files, 1887-1909; and Records Concerning Equity and Law Cases, 1888-1912. 27. Records of the Weather Bureau (Record Group 27) 1735-1979. 27.2 Meteorological Records of the Surgeon General's Office 1819-1916. From 1814 to 1870, Army Hospital, Post, and Regimental Surgeons Were Directed to Keep Diaries of the Weather. 28. Records of the Post Office Department [POD] 1773-1971. 28.3 Records of the Bureau of the First Assistant Postmaster General and Successors 1789-1971. 28.3.2 Records of the Division of Postmasters. Textual Records: Record of Earliest Returns Received from Postmasters, 1789-1818. Records Relating to Appointments of Postmasters, 1815-1971. Records Relating to the Opening, Closing, Redesignation, and Relocation of Post Offices, 1899-1914. 28.3.5 Records of the Division of Rural Delivery Service. Textual Records: Correspondence, 1898-1936. Issuances of the Superintendent of the Free Delivery System, 1901-6. Statistical Data, 1896-1910. 29. Records of the Bureau of the Census 1790-1990. 29.8 Census Schedules and Supplementary Records 1790-1950. 29.8.1 Decennial Population Schedules. Population Schedules, 1st-9th Censuses, 1790-1870 (3,100 Vols.). Microfilm Copy of Population Schedules, 1st-17th Censuses, 1790-1950 (37,770 Rolls). Manuscript Slave Schedules, 7th and 8th Censuses, 1850, 1860. Photostatic Copies of Population Schedules, 1800-30, (1,150 Vols.). Schedules of a Special Census on Indians, 1880. Fragmentary Schedules, 11th Census, 1890. 46. Records of the United States Senate (Record Group 46) 1789-1990. 46.2 General Records of the United States Senate 1789-1988. 69. Records of the Work Projects Administration [WPA] (Record Group 69) 1922-44. 69.2.2 Field Office Records. 69.5 Records of WPA Projects 1934-43. 69.5.1 Administrative Records of Federal Project No. 1. Federal Arts Program Approved as WPA-sponsored Federal Project No. 1 on September 12, 1935, to Provide Employment for Qualified Artists, Musicians, Actors, and Authors. Consisted of the Federal Art, Music, Theatre, and Writers' Projects; and until October 1936, the Historical Records Survey. 69.5.5 Records of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP). Organized in 1935 to give employment to writers, editors, historians, researchers, art critics, archaeologists, geologists, and map draftsmen. Includes photographs of the scenic, historical, cultural, and economic aspects of each state. 69.5.6 Records of the Historical Records Survey (HRS). Organized in 1935 as Part of the Federal Writers' Project, to Document Resources for Research in U.S. History. 79. Records of the National Park Service [NPS] 1785-1990. 79.6 Records of Regional Offices 1797-1988. On March 16, 1970, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, WV, Became a Separate Administrative Unit, under Director, Harpers Ferry Center. 79.6.6 Records of the National Capital Region. Includes Maps of Harpers Ferry Historical Park, WV. 93. War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records 1709-1915. 93.2.2 State Records. Photographic Copies, 1914-1915, of Records (ca. 1775-1783) in the Custody of Virginia with Indexes, Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 36 Consisting of Minutes of Boards, Including Boards of War; Reports and Letters Sent and Received by State Boards of War, Governors, and Military Officers; Court Records; Prize Vessel Accounts; Rolls and Returns; and Receipts for Money and Stores. 233. Records of the United States House of Representatives 1789-1990. 233.2 General Records of the United States House of Representatives 1789-1988. Journals of Legislative Proceedings and Minute Books, 1789-1988. Original House Bills, 1789-1988. Committee Reports, 1861-1988. Original House Documents, 1847-1988. Messages from the President, 1789-1988. Reports and Communications, 1789-1988. Committee Papers of the Committee of the Whole, 1789-1988. Petitions and Memorials of the Committee of the Whole, 1789-1988. Accompanying Papers, 1789-1988. Tabled Petitions and Memorials, 1789-1988. Roll Call Votes, 1813-15. Records of the Office of the Clerk of the House, Including Record Books, Reports, and Indexes, 1789-1988. Records of Impeachment Proceedings, 1789-1974. 365. Treasury Department Collection of Confederate Records 1833-1878. 365.9 Records of Field Offices in Virginia 1861-1878. 366. Records of Civil War Special Agencies of the Treasury Department 1861-1868. Supervised trade and commerce in areas of the Confederacy occupied by U.S. forces. Under Acts of July 17, 1862 (12 Stat. 589), March 2, 1863 (12 Stat. 820), and July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 375), received and collected, abandoned, captured, and confiscable property. Under Treasury Department Regulations of July 29, 1864, established "Freedmen's Home Colonies" to provide employment and welfare assistance to freed slaves. 393. Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920 1817-1940. 393.4 Records of Named Departments 1821-1920. Department of West Virginia, 1863-1865, and subordinate or related commands, including Defenses and Military District of Harpers Ferry, 1864-1865. 393.6 Records of Subdistricts 1862-1920. Letters sent and received, with Registers and Indexes; Endorsements; Telegrams; Issuances; Reports; Returns; Records of Staff Officers; Field Records; and Other Records of the Subdistricts of Harpers Ferry, 1864-1865. 393.7 Records of Posts 1820-1940. Harpers Ferry, WV, 1864-1866. 393.8 Records of Armies 1832-1865. Defenses of Harpers Ferry, WV (Pleasant Valley, MD), 1862. 393.13 Records of Miscellaneous Civil War Installations 1861-1869. 393.13.7 Records of defenses. Letters and telegrams sent; letters received, with registers; general and special orders; registers of courts-martial; records of staff officers, and other records of the defenses of Harpers Ferry, consisting of garrison at Pleasant Valley, MD, 1862; Defenses and Military District of Harpers Ferry, 1864-1865. 515. Records of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Division (Record Group 515) 1928-93. Housed at Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, James Madison Building, Room 339. The Library of Congress. Washington, DC 20540. Topics of local interest include: Civil War. Adjutant General's Office. 94.2.5, 94.12, 94.13, battle lists 94.12.5; muster rolls, returns 94.2.2; unit histories 94.2.4, 94.12.1. Army commands 393, corps 393.9, miscellaneous installations 393.13, Provost Marshal field organizations 393.12, artworks 15.2.1, 165.21, claims 6.4, 123.5, commercial trade 56.5, 56.16, 366. Confederate records 109, direct tax collection 217.10.3, joint Congressional committees 128.2, loyalty issues 107.2.12. Maps, campaigns, fortifications 77.2.3, 109.15; census data 57.8. Official Records 94.13, Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 37 109.13.3. Photographs, battlefields 79.17; Brady collection 111.10; fortifications 77.2.5, 94.16, 111.10; persons 94.16; public health 90.15; railroads 92.5.2, 92.6.1. Confederate Army Department 365.2.3 Confederate Auditors 109.10.4, 109.10.5, 365.2.4-365.2.6 Confederate Cabinet 365.2.3 Confederate citizens, mail interception 107.2.12; Treasury information 365.15; "Union Provost Marshal Citizens File" 109.14.4; War Department papers collection 109.13.3 Confederate Commissioner of Taxes 109.10.8, 365.2.8 Confederate Comptroller 109.10.5, 109.10.6 Confederate Congress 109.4, 365.2.1, 365.2.4 Confederate constitution 109.3 Confederate constitutional convention 109.3 Confederate courts, Virginia 21.49.6 Confederate currency 39.2.3 Confederate customs service. Confederate Treasury 365.2.3, 365.4.5, 365.7.2; Treasury Department special agencies 366.2, 366.7; War Department records 109.10.1, 109.10.11. Confederate district courts 365.2.1, 365.13 Confederate Engineer Department 109.7.2 Confederate House of Representatives 109.4 Confederate Justice Department 365.2.1 Confederate land office 49.9.15 Confederate Marine Corps. Accounts 109.10.4; service records 109.14.1. Confederate military service. Compiled records 109.14.1; deserters 393.13.3; federal prisoners of war 249.2.2, 249.3.2; graves 92.8.5, 92.10.2 Confederate Navy. Accounts 45.8.6, 109.10.4; civilian personnel 45.8.6; laws 109.3, 109.6; miscellaneous records 109.12; Naval Records and Library files 45.9; ordnance 74.6; service records 109.14.1; vessel account books 45.8.6. Confederate Navy Department, records 109.10.1, 109.12; Treasury records 365.2.3 Confederate nominations and appointments 109.4 Confederate Ordnance Department 109.7.5 Confederate Post Office Department. Accounts 365.2.6, 365.5.1; records 109.11. Confederate prisoners of war. AGO records 109.14.2; Commissary General of Prisoners 249.6; Confederate Secretary of War 109.6; grave markers 92.10.2; Navy, Marine Corps service records 109.14.1; personal property 365.15; Confederate privateers 45.8.6 Confederate Provost Marshal 109.6 Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 38 Confederate Quartermaster Department 109.7.3 Confederate records. Treasury Department collection 365; War Department records 109; Confederate Senate 109.4 Confederate state Constitutions 109.13.1 Confederate State Department 365.2.1 Confederate States Army; Adjutant and Inspector General 109.7.1; commands, mobile units 109.9.1-109.9.5, 109.14.3; laws 109.3, 109.6; maps 77.2.3; medical records 109.8; officers' papers 109.13.2; Official Records 94.13; pay, accounts 109.7.3, 109.10.5, 109.10.6; prisoner enlistments 249.2.2; service records 109.14.1; Topographical Bureau Chief's diary 77.2.8; uniform description 109.7.3 Confederate States of America. Seized Quartermaster property 217.8.4 Confederate Surgeon General's Office 109.8.1 Confederate sympathizers 107.2.12, 109.13.3 Confederate Topographical Bureau 77.2.8 Confederate Treasury Department 109.10, 365.2-365.11 Confederate veterans homes 15.2.1 Confederate War Department. Civilian employees 109.7.3. Confederate Treasury records 365.2.1-365.2.3. Medical Department 109.8. Requisitions 109.10.1; Secretary's records 109.6; staff departments 109.7 Harpers Ferry, WV. Army commands 393.7; Brown raid 46.22.1; federal land 121.2.2; lithographic view 92.17; Defenses of 393.4, 393.8, 393.13.7; District of (Army) 393.5; Historical Park 79.6.6; Military District of 393.4, 393.5, 393.13.7; Subdistrict of (Army) 393.5, 393.6. Union Army. Maps 77.2.3; officers (photographs) 111.10; Official Records 94.13, 94.16.

New York Public Library, Manuscript and Archives Division
Address: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018.
Phone: (212) 930-0801
Online catalog (CATNYP) available at: catnyp.nypl.org
Collection includes: Homans family. Homans family correspondence, 1850-1938, bulk (1862-1864). 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes). Edward (Ned) Cranch Homans (1843-1894), stock broker and founder of Homans & Company, married Catherine Frances (Fannie or Frankie) Eells (1845- ___ ) in 1864. Bulk of the correspondence, 1862-1864, is made up of letters from Ned Homans to Fannie Eells during their courtship and engagement. Letters include descriptions of camp life at Harper's Ferry, where he was stationed in 1862.

Ohio Historical Society
Address: 1982 Velma Avenue; Columbus, OH 43211.
Phone: (614) 297-2300
Website at: www.ohiohistory.org
The collections include: Brown, John (1821-1895). Papers, 1830-1932, 382 items. Farmer, and soldier, son of John Brown, the abolitionist. Topics: John Brown's Raid. Correspondence, diaries (1858 and 1861), notes, newspaper clippings, and other papers. Subjects mentioned include the raid on Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County (1859), farming in Ohio, sheep raising, tanning, phrenology, and spiritualism. Many of the letters are addressed to Brown's wife, Wealthy C. Hotchkiss. A letter book (1847-1849) of the firm of Perkins & Brown, wool dealers of Springfield, MA, contains 632 letters of John Brown, Sr. Other correspondents include Brown's grandfather, Owen Brown, his stepmother, Mary Ann Day Brown, his brothers, Jason Brown, Owen Brown, Salmon Brown, and Frederick Brown, his sisters, Ruth Brown Thompson, Ellen Brown Fablinger, and Annie Brown Adams, his mother-in-law, Maria P. Hotchkiss Wellman, his son-in-law, T. B. Alexander, other members of the Brown family, his school friend, George B. Delamater, fugitive slave Thomas Thomas, Orson S. Fowler, Franklin B. Sanborn, Nelson Sizer, Samuel Roberts Wells, and Jarvis J. Jefferson (regarding the remains of Watson Brown, who was killed at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County). Inventory and calendar published in 1962 by the Ohio Historical Society. Thurman, Allen Granberry (1813-1895). Papers, 1830-1890, ft. U. S. Representative and Senator, and chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Topics: include John Brown's Raid, 1859, and Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County.

Old Charles Town Library
Address: 200 E. Washington Street; Charles Town, WV 25414.
Phone: (304) 725-2208
The collection includes: The Library houses a significant portion of T.T. Perry's collection of books on local and regional history plus other works on Jefferson County. Personal papers, photographs, ledgers, scrapbooks, and other unpublished materials are also located there. These items may not be checked out. See the Bibliography for a listing of specific holdings.

The Rumseian Society, Inc.
Address: Historian and Secretary: Nick Blanton. P.O. Box 1787; Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
Phone: (304) 876-6907; (304) 263-2531.
Collection includes: Copies of primary sources relevant to James Rumsey (mostly from 1782 to 1792). Copies of Rumsey's patents, letters, Treatise on Steam, presentations to the American Philosophical Society, genealogical records; correspondence of friends and relatives after Rumsey's death; reproduction of the 1787 steamboat and information on how it performs. Secondary works on Rumsey include Ella Mae Turner's James Rumsey: Steamboat Pioneer and Jeanne Mozier's bibliography, compiled in 1985. (Mozier's address: Route 3, Box 191, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411.)

Seymour Center, Archives Section, Middle Atlantic Regional Gospel Ministries, Inc.
Address: Rev. Dr. E. Myron Noble, Director, P.O. Box 621, Washington, DC 20005.
Phone: 202-265-7609
Collection includes: Taylor, Evelyn M. E., 1948- , collector. African-American Holiness Pentecostal collection, 1929-[ongoing]. 3.5 linear ft. In part, photocopies and transcripts (typewritten). Correspondence, church histories, reports, oral history interviews, programs, biographies, accounts of mission activities, clippings, fliers, hymnals, and other papers, reflecting the history of the Holiness-Pentecostal Project in Charles Town, WV, and Landover, MD, beginning with the founding of the House of Prayer, an early black Holiness-Pentecostal church serving Jefferson County and West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle in the late-1920s; and African American Pentecostalism throughout the United States. Sources of materials include Bishop James Patrick Simms, Elder Robert E. Taylor, Sr., and Mrs. Lillian Christian.

Shepherd College Library
Address: Shepherd College, Scarborough Library. Shepherdstown, WV 25443-1586
Phone: (304) 876-5312 FAX (304) 876-0731
Collection includes: Primary and secondary sources relating to history of Shepherd College and local history. Includes an extensive collection of works on West Virginia. Some photographs and lithographs/prints. Microfilm collection includes materials from the Perry Collection in the Virginia State Library, Civil War service records, census records, and newspapers. Includes the Explorer Jefferson County History CD. Holdings related to local history are noted in detail in the CD Bibliography. This is one of the main resources in Jefferson County for research on local history. The online catalog also contains links to collections at other libraries in the state, including West Virginia University.

Shepherdstown Public Library
Address: German and King Streets. P.O. Box 278. Shepherdstown WV 25443.
Phone: (304) 876-2783. fax: (304) 876-6213.
Website: www.lib.shepherdstown.wv.us
Includes online catalog.
The library has a small reference collection of works by local authors or on local history. Specific works are listed on the Bibliography CD. Includes the Explorer Jefferson County History CD.

The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library
Address: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514
Phone: (919) 933-1345
Website: www.lib.unc.edu
The collection includes: Bills, John Houston. Papers, 1842 - 1878, 27 vols. and 6 papers. Diary, 1843 - 1871, and other papers of Tennessee businessman and railroad director John Houston Bills, including details of visits to the springs of present-day West Virginia. Green, H. H. Lettercopy Book, 1892, 1 vol. Topics: Business, industries, and trades, machinery. Letterpress book of Green, chiefly in Charles Town, who represented a firm selling road machinery. Hamilton, Joseph D. Papers, 1775 - 1929, 373 items. Collection includes the papers of Hamilton's wife's father, Abraham Morgan of Jefferson County, and Russellville, KY. MacOughtry, William O. Diaries, 1798 - 1878, 3 vols. Physician, of Jefferson County, WV. Topics: Business, industries, and trades, merchants; medical affairs, physicians' papers. Diary (1869-1878), recording MacOughtry's medical practice and family and neighborhood activities, written in account books of merchandising businesses in Georgetown, DC, and Bladensburg, MD (1798-1803), Jefferson County (1803-1811, 1851-1860), and Martinsburg (now WV) (1843-1846). Jones, Thomas. Papers, 1849, 1857, 2 items. One letter from Jefferson County resident, 1849, concerning the Jones family and one letter from Jones' uncle in Missouri, 1857, concerning frontier conditions. Price, Elias Winans (1829-1897). Papers, 1823-1868, 115 items. Topics: Civil War, Campaigns, battles, military actions. Letters (1862-1865) from Price while serving with the 5th New York Volunteer Artillery at Baltimore, Parkersburg, Wood County, and Harpers Ferry as cook, nurse, guard, and picket. Van Vleck, Arthur L. Diary, 1862 - 1863, 1 vol. (ms copy). Diary of Ohio Union soldier during the Civil War, mostly concerning religion, stationed around Harpers Ferry. Virginia Free Press Subscription Books, 1821 - 1884, 2 vols. List of subscribers to the Harpers Ferry and Charles Town newspaper by locality.

State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Address: 816 State Street; Madison, WI 53706.
Phone: (608) 264-6460
Website: www.shsw.wisc.edu/archives
Online catalog: (ArCat) The Draper Collection housed at this location includes numerous 18th century items relating to present-day Jefferson County. Much of the collection has been microfilmed and is available at other repositories. Materials include: Bridgeman, Edward Payson (1834- ). Papers, 1833-1937. Concerned mainly with Bridgeman’s reminiscences of life in Kansas in 1856, recollections of John Brown, and his service with the 37th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Bridgeman, Louis W. (1883-1960). Papers, 1910-1960. Includes correspondence with Boyd B. Stutler on John Brown. Shepherd, David (1734-1795). Papers, 5 vols. Shepherdstown was named after the Shepherd family. About 1774, David Shepherd moved west and purchased the property of Silas Zane at the forks of Wheeling Creek. In 1777, he commanded Fort Henry during the siege. He led an Ohio County regiment on Brodhead's campaign (1781) and served in the Virginia legislature. Most of the papers are business and military related. Volume 1 (1755-1780) contains land claims and receipts; papers of Shepherd's son-in-law Francis Duke, who was killed at the first siege of Wheeling (1777); letters from his brother Abraham Shepherd after release from imprisonment in the Eastern army. Volume 2 (1781-1790) relates to military matters and contains orders and letters from Abraham Shepherd; papers on a land contest of the Hite heirs with the Fairfax estate. Volume 3 (1791-1794) relates chiefly to Indian difficulties and contains letters from Alexander White and from Henry Bedinger and George Washington concerning land on Round Bottom; and contains a plat of Shepherd's lands. Volume 4 consists of a book in which Shepherd entered pay and muster rolls for the Brohead Coshochton expedition of 1781 for the companies of Joseph Ogle, Captain Royes, Jacob Lefler, and William Crawford, with a lists of losses from the campaign; the book was later used as an account book (1801-1804) for the milling business of Moses Shepherd. Volume 5 consists of a memorandum book for military matters (1779-1790). Virginia Manuscripts, 14 vols. This series was collected by Draper while contemplating a reprint of Doddridge's Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1763-83, containing material on early border history in the Valley of Virginia, the Greenbrier settlements, and the upper Ohio River and its southern tributaries. Volume 6 includes letters of David Shepherd, John Vanmeter, and Daniel McFarland (1777) on Foreman's Defeat. There are also a series of pension statements. Volume 7 contains proposals to form a steamboat company (1788) for James Rumsey.

Syracuse University Library. George Arents Research Library for Special Collections. Manuscript Collection.
Address: Bird Library, Room 600, Syracuse, NY 13244-2010.
Phone: (315) 443-4083
Website: www.syr.edu
Online catalog: SUMMIT Collection includes: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Records, 1846-1950, 1870-1950 (bulk). Approx. 4,600 vols. Administrative and financial records (including journals and ledgers) as well as records from approximately 230 predecessor and subsidiary companies, including some non-railroad businesses. Brown, John (1821-1895). Collection (1849-1895). Son of John Brown, who led the raid on Harpers Ferry. Diary/account books (1856-1895) and letters of his father (John Brown, 1800-1859) to family members.

Tennessee State Library and Archives
Address: 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312.
Phone: (615) 741-2764
Website: www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome
Collection includes: Tompkins, Catherine (Sarver) (1883-1968), collector, Genealogical collection, ca. 1700-1968, ca. 400 items. Includes sketches of Jefferson County, WV.

United States Army Military History Institute
Address: 22 Ashburn Drive, Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013.
Phone: (717) 245-3611.
Website: carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi
Includes online catalog
This source has copies of numerous regimental histories, many of them recounting experiences in Jefferson County. The collection includes: Ronald Boyer's Collection of Civil War papers, 1862-1865, 1920, 1 box. John S. Miles Papers, 1861-1865, 7 items (Union soldier). Thomas D. Moore Correspondence, 1862-1863, 1 box (Union soldier). See Chapter 17 for more information on the Civil War, diaries, and regimental histories. Resources include: Weston Ferris Papers. 1863-1865. 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment. Includes Quartermaster Sergeant's Memoir: Captured at Bolivar Heights, Harpers Ferry, July 14, 1863. William Homan Papers. 1862-1863. 125th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Corporal's Diary (August 9,1862 - January 3,1863), includes occupation duty at Harpers Ferry. Willis A. Pomeroy Papers. 1861. 4th Connecticut Infantry. Includes officer's Letters, July 6-27, 1861, from Martinsburg, Charlestown, and Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, and other information about the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1861.

University of Georgia Library, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Address: S. Jackson, St., Athens, GA 30602.
Phone: (706) 542-7123 fax: (706) 542-4144
Website: www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett
Collection includes: Mangham family. Mangham family papers, 1849-1888. 25 linear ft. Willoughby Hill Mangham (1838-1893) soldier with Company I of the 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Of particular interest are letters written by Willoughby Hill Mangham while serving with Company I of the 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment to his father, John Grier Mangham. Written from Virginia, Mangham discusses the attack on Harper's Ferry and abolition.

University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library
Address: 909 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Phone: (734) 764-2347
Collections include: Bechtel, Jacob. Papers, 1858-1862. 19 items. The collection consists of 19 letters from Jacob Bechtel, of Richmond, VA, to his brother, George, of Philadelphia. Jacob, a northerner by birth, had moved to Richmond early in the 1850's. Specific topics addressed include John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Schoff, James S. (b. 1900), collector. Schoff Civil War collection, 1856-1869, 12 ft. Topics: 1st West Virginia Infantry. Several of the military units described spent some of their time in Jefferson County. Letters, diaries, reports, muster rolls, returns, and other papers, of soldiers and units in the Civil War. Battles represented prominently include both battles of Bull Run, Vicksburg campaign, and Sherman's campaigns of 1864.

University of Oklahoma, Western History Collections
Address: 630 Parrington Oval, Room 452, Norman, OK 73019.
Phone: (405) 325-4121 (reference)
Collection includes: Miner, Frederick William. Papers, 1830-1947. 1 ft. Lawyer. Correspondence and legal documents. Subjects include John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry.

University of Minnesota Libraries, Children’s Research Collection
Address: 103 Walter Library, East bank, Minneapolis Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-4576
Collection includes: Graham, Lorenz B. John Brown, A Cry for Freedom: Production Material, [1980?]. Manuscripts: 4 folders. Corrected typescript with front matter. A biography of the controversial abolitionist who played a role in the northward movement of runaway slaves and led the raid on Harper's Ferry. African-American author of children's and young adult books; best known for his "Town" series. University of Virginia Library Address: Alderman Library, Charlottesville, VA.

University of Virginia; Alderman Library
Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Phone: (804) 924-3017
This is a major source of ante-bellum material related to Jefferson County. Collection includes: Baylor Family Papers. Includes William P. Palmer's comments concerning John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry and the preparations for his hanging (November 22 and December 1, 1859). Broadside - May 4, 1793: Fernando [Ferdinando] Fairfax of Shannon-Hall, Berkeley County, offers reward for information about who set fire to section of Blue Ridge owned by the late George William Fairfax. Printed in Winchester by Richard Bowen. Broadside - 1830 [?]: Shenandoah Valley residents request authority from the Virginia General Assembly to construct railroad from Staunton to intersect the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal or the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Jefferson County or Berkeley County. Cabell-Ellet Papers. ca. 4,100 items, ca. 1798-1955. The papers of the Cabell family and Ellet family consist largely of family correspondence, financial and legal records, and journals. Included in the collection is a letter that mentions tightened household security in Staunton, Virginia, after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and one that contains a description of the Battle of Antietam, the destruction of the Winchester and Potomac railroads, and a skirmish at Shepherdstown, January 9, 1863. Child, Lydia Maria, Collection. Ms [1861?]. A two-page manuscript entitled "The Rebel Faulkner" by Lydia Maria Child cites the arguments of Charles James Faulkner while a member of the Virginia Legislature, representing Berkeley County, Virginia, in the winter of 1831-1832 concerning the "baneful effects of slavery." Lydia Maria Child was an avid supporter of John Brown. Duval Family. Papers of the Duval and Cooke families, 1799-1937, 65 items. Personal and business correspondence of two Virginia families. Includes letters of John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) and letters of Mariah Pendleton Randolph Duval, principal of St. Hilda's Hall, Charles Town, chiefly concerning a cemetery plot in Richmond, VA; and a ms. by Mrs. S. D. Duval, entitled, "What I Saw in the Spring of 1864 in Lower Virginia." Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 46 Faulkner, Charles James (1806-1884). Papers of Charles James Faulkner, Sr. and Jr. (1830-1929), 2 ft., ca. 3,000 items. Topics: Law practice; Politics, 19th and 20th centuries. Chiefly business and legal correspondence and papers of Faulkner, diplomat, soldier, and U. S. Representative from Virginia, and his son, Charles James Faulkner (1847-1929), U. S. Senator and lawyer, of West Virginia. Graham, Tate and related Families Papers. This material includes a letter from Charles Beverly Tate (June 1861) written from Harper's Ferry about elections in his company and adapting to life in the barracks. From Camp Stevens, Berkeley County, he described the burning of the Potomac Bridge and public buildings which had been ordered by Joseph E. Johnston as the Confederates evacuated Harper's Ferry. Jefferson, Thomas. Monticello. Letter to Samuel Taylor, Battletown, Jefferson County. Jefferson Papers. Special Collections. Topic: The opening of University awaits action of Legislature on Literary Fund Loan. McGregor, Tracy W., Autograph Collection. The collection consists of the miscellaneous literary and historical documents, letters, autographs, and bound volumes concerning American history and literature. Fairfax Family and Lee Family. Legal Papers. Includes bonds, agreements, complaints, depositions, indentures, lease, power of attorney, and promissary notes, pertaining to Denny Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, George William Fairfax, Louisa Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Catherine Lee, Charles Lee, Flora Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Henry Lee, James Lee, Launcelot Lee, Mary Lee, Mathilda Lee, Philip Lee, Philip Ludwell Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Thedorick Lee, and Thomas Ludwell Lee, and other families. Business papers and legal papers of the Marshall family. Many in the hand of John Marshall (1755-1835) of Virginia includes surveys, reports, petitions, bill of complaints, suits, deeds, bonds, agreements, indentures, and letters concerning legal matters, and involving the following correspondents or participants: Mary Ashby, Edward Carrington, Charles Chinn, Rawleigh Colston, John Conrad, Cornelius Conway, Denny Fairfax, William Fleming, John Gordon, John Halker, Garret Hammersley, Frederick Havely, John Joliffe, Samuel Kercheval, Thomas Lawson, Charles Lee, Daniel Lee, Henry Lee, Peter Lyons, James McCallister, Angus McDonald, Edward McGuire, William McGuire, James Mackie, John Macrae, Charles Marshall, James Marshall, Louis Marshall, Thomas Marshall, William Marshall, Philip Martin, John Milton, John Moffett, John Newman, George Noble, Elizabeth Opie, Thomas Parker, John Peyton, Burr Powell, Edmund Randolph, Joshua Singleton, George Stubblefield, John B. Taylor, Joseph Thompson, James Ware, Lawrence A. Washington, and Elisha Williams. Marshall, Henry. Diary and extracts of Henry Marshall [manuscript], 1824. 2 items (41 leaves and 3 p.) In his account, Marshall describes his experiences while hiking from Philadelphia to his home in Society Hill, South Carolina. Includes description of Harpers Ferry. Accession #9655. Nourse Family Papers. Personal, business, and official correspondence, account books and commonplace books of the Nourse family of Weston, Herefordshire, England; Berkeley County, Virginia; Washington, DC; and of Weston, Fauquier County, Virginia; and of their relatives, the Bull family of Berkeley County and the Morris family of Philadelphia. James Nourse married Sarah Fouace in 1753 and moved to America with his wife and children in 1769. In 1770 they moved to the Piedmont plantation near Charlestown, where he was a farmer. His son Joseph Nourse was military secretary to General Charles Lee, Commander of the Southern Department of the American Army. Pace, Robert S., Collection. This collection includes correspondence, papers, newspaper clippings, and other printed material, 1861-1980, pertaining to the Blair and Woodbury families. Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) gained prestige among anti-slavery people when he acted as counsel for the plaintiff in the Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 47 celebrated Dred Scott case; he helped secure a defense attorney for John Brown after the Harper's Ferry incident. Page County Virginia Papers. This collection consists of items compiled by Virginia Strickler Milbourne, and includes the 1904-1906 issues of the "Baptist Outlook" of Charles Town (Jefferson County?). Post Cards: of Virginia Scenes, 1905-1915. 31 items. Buildings or views include Winchester and Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Accession #10062. Redman, William Henry, b. 1840. Papers of William Henry Redman [manuscript], 1859-1897 (bulk 1860-1868). 380 (ca.) items. Captain, Company C of the 12th Cavalry Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. Include letters, 1862 Feb. - 1866 May, from William Henry Redman to members of the Redman family of Illinois, concerning camp life, descriptions of Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley campaign, 1862, at Harper's Ferry; Antietam and the Maryland Campaign, 1863. Also included are several pages of a diary he kept, chronicling the same events. Accession # 7415 and #7415-a. Revolutionary War Guide. Fairfax Family Papers. 71 items, 1720-1844. Mainly bonds and deeds relating to the Fairfax estates in the Northern Neck, some of which show quitrents for Fairfax, Loudon, Culpeper, Prince William, Berkeley, and Hampshire Counties. Frederick Parish Episcopal Church Register microfilm, 1782-1821. A register of an Episcopal parish, kept by the Rev. Dr. Balman, with a handwritten history of the parish. Originally, the parish included all of Shenandoah and parts of Page, Warren, Clarke, Frederick, Jefferson, Berkeley, and Hampshire Counties. Miscellaneous Letters. 7 items, 1793-1945. Includes a letter, December 4, 1798, from Richard Henry Lee to Richard Anderson, a surveyor working on Revolutionary War claims in Jefferson County [WV], about some problems concerning land claims devised to his son, Cassin, by Arthur Lee. Rental Book for Estate of George William Fairfax . l item, ca. 1787-1793. A rental book for two Loudoun County plantations, Belvoir Plantation and Berkeley Plantation, kept by Bataille Muse, manager for Mrs. Sarah Fairfax, widow of George William Fairfax. There are notations by Wilson Miles Cary. Swearingen Family Papers. 54 items, 1694-1851. Land patents, surveys, legal papers, and letters of this Frederick County family. Included are three diaries of Thomas Swearingen of Berkeley County recording his experiences while serving with Colonel Charles Mynn Thruston's regiment in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Riley, James Whitcomb, Collection. Ms, 1 p. no date. Poem, "John Brown." Shepherdstown, Virginia, Papers. Includes sermons, ledgers, personal and business correspondence, accounts, receipts, and diaries of James Markell (merchant, d. 1872), John T. Hargrave (Presbyterian circuit rider), the Swearingen family, Dr. John Briscoe (d. 1835), Dr. John Quigley (b. 1802), and Milton J. Brown. Quigley took over Briscoe's practice in 1835, and the records of both doctors include references to treating slaves. Milton J. Brown (constable at Shepherdstown) nine letters (1834-1838) discuss the advantages and attractions of the West (December 14, 1834) and collection of debts for others. John T. Hargrave (Presbyterian circuit rider, Shepherdstown). Accounts and receipts concerning slavery or African-Americans (tax receipts for 1836, 1837, 1839, and 1841); a reference to a "colored woman Peggy" (November 28, 1849); and the hire of Ben (1839). The work of John Hargrave and the condition of the church at Shepherdstown (1853?); sermons of John T. Hargrave. James Markell (merchant, Shepherdstown). From 1835 to1836, Markell worked in Shepherdstown for John N. Lane and Willoughby L. Webb, who later became a partner in business with James Markell under the name Webb & Markell (ca. 1840-1848). They dissolved their partnership in 1848. Most of the correspondence after 1840 concerns business and financial matters. Correspondence includes the hiring of slaves, the possible purchase of a Negro woman from Hagerstown (1840); the sale of a woman and her children belonging to James Markell; the purchase of a slave (1841); and the sale or hire of Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 48 estate slaves by R. B. Semple. Other topics include: the death of Joseph Van Swearingen (January 20, 1831); the outbreak of disease at Shepherdstown (1833); the marriage of James Markell to Elizabeth Swearingen (1839); and the insurance and arrangements for the Factory of Webb and Markell at Shepherdstown (1847-1853). Additional topics include the termination of the partnership between Webb and Markell (1848); the financial affairs of Alexander Robinson Boteler; permission for James Markell to use the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal's slip of land near Shepherdstown for a coal and lumberyard (1851); the decision of A. C. Heaton to leave the Presbyterian Church at Shepherdstown (1854). Other subjects include letters from James Markell's servant, Lydia Baker (1856, 1857); advice from Willoughby L. Webb to James Markell on re-entering the mercantile business (March 22, 1860); the effect of the threat of secession by the South on business; a reference to a recommendation supporting James Markell's application for a job with the Post Office; the wheat market (1861); and Markell's sale of his farm to pay his debts (1866). James Markell's family accounts and receipts pertaining to slavery or African-Americans include slave sales (1838); expenses incurred transporting Negroes of James H. Swearingen from Shepherdstown to Fort Osage, MO (1843); purchase of Gabriel (1843); tax bills (1833,1845); slave hires (1851, 1857); an acount of Thornton Smith (black) (1851); work done for the windmill of Daniel Markell, Sr. (1828); William Markell's militia fine, 55th Regiment (1830); work done on the Webb & Markell factory (1845); wheat receipts of A. R. Boteler (1846); the dissolution of Webb & Markell partnership (1848); the will of Daniel Markell written before setting off for California (1849); the beginning of the business of Kennedy, Markell & Company (1850); controversy with Price over the financial affairs of the factory (1852, 1853); and payments to agricultural workers (1853); death of James Markell (January 9, 1872); the loss of most of the property during the Civil War (December 21, 1873). Other families with correspondence or financial papers in the collection include: the Owen family, Dr. John Quigley, Mrs. Henry Baylor Reinhart, R.C. Ringgold and family, Kate H. Van Doren, and the estate papers of the Reverend William C. Walton, with the Rev. John T. Hargrave as the executor. Stockton, Frank Richard, Collection. Frank, R. Stockton. Letter. Charles Town, West Virginia. To Clarke Davis (Philadelphia Ledger). October 25, 1900. Stockton was a novelist who lived for some time in Jefferson County. Stockton attempts to dispel rumors that he is physically ill and requests a few lines in the paper reporting that news of his illness is incorrect. Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888. Drawings, [manuscript], 1861 Jul 23 and 24. 3 art originals. All three are labeled "Camp at Harpers ferry." One may be of the artist. The other two are of Union soldiers at leisure. Accession #6491-a. Stuart, Alexander H. Papers. Ca. 500 items, 1791-1895. Includes a copy of the Report of the Joint Committee of the General Assembly on the Harpers Ferry Outrages, most of its twenty-four pages constituting a defense of slavery and an attack on the treatment of blacks in the North. Stuart-Baldwin Papers. 1754-1921. Includes papers of the Stuart and Baldwin families, chiefly Archibald Stuart (1757-1832) and Alexander H. H. Stuart (1807-1891), of Staunton, Virginia. Alexander H. H. Stuart was a prominent member of the Virginia Whig Party, and there is material concerning the Whig Party and Virginia politics. Letters include: John S. Gallagher discussing the bestowal of advertising patronage by the federal government (July 19,1851); the suitability of Shannondale for a military asylum (August 4, 1851); Andrew Hunter writing about the "Beeler Case" wishes to receive his administration fee now in Alexander H. H. Stuart's hands (November 27, 1851); and comments on his grief that Jefferson County has elected two Democrats to the Legislature, mentions other items about local Virginia politics, and the dissatisfaction of the voters at Harpers Ferry due to certain army regulations (1851). John Watt asks if Alexander H. H. Stuart will send him a copy of the appendix published in Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 49 connection with his report on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, containing extracts from the personal liberty bills passed by several of the Northern states (December 3, 1861). Twentieth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Civil War Letters. Includes a letter, October 7, 1862, from Sergeant Merritt B. Woodruff of Watertown to "Dear Brother & Sister Len & Sarah" while stationed at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Shortly thereafter the 20th Connecticut moved to Harpers Ferry and occupied Maryland Heights, the site where Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's troops had been driven out by soldiers during the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862) under the command of General Ambrose P. Burnside; Woodruff reported several dead bodies were "burned for they could not be moved enough to bury them" and that broken equipment littered the site. Virginia Letters Collection. 440 items, 1776-1930. Included is an 1831 estate account of Lawrence Washington containing a list of slaves hired out. Williams, George. Civil War Letters. While in Martinsburg, October 28, 1863, Williams reports the capture of Charles Town, West Virginia.

Virginia Historical Society Library
Address: The Virginia Historical Society. 428 North Boulevard. Richmond, VA 23220.
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311.
Phone: (804) 358-4901 Fax: (804) 355-2399
A major resource for Jefferson County materials. Collections include: Chamberlayne, John Hampden (1838-1882). Papers, 1858-1877, 111 items. In part, transcripts. Journalist and State legislator of Virginia. Topics: Civil War, Military service in. Correspondence of Chamberlayne while serving in the Army of Northern Virginia at "Rockland" and Shepherdstown. The correspondence was published in Ham Chamberlayne – Virginian (1932), edited by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne. Claiborne Family Papers, 1803-1954, 1,060 items. Topics: Merchants. Correspondence, diaries (1903-1923), accounts, wills, bonds, agreements, scrapbook, genealogical notes, and other papers of the Claiborne family. Includes correspondence and accounts of Henry Coalter Cabell, diaries of Catherine Hamilton (Cabell) Claiborne Cox, material concerning the imprisonment of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Conrad, Holmes Papers, 800 items, 1794-1959. Topics: Black History; John Brown. Personal, military, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Winchester lawyer and Confederate soldier. In the correspondence are agreements made by David Holmes Conrad concerning a slave and discussion of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry. Faulkner Family Papers, 1737-1954, ca. 12,000 items. Residents of Martinsburg, Berkeley County. Topics: Merchants; family and personal papers; land records; legal affairs. Correspondence, financial records, mercantile, military, and land records, and papers of the estate of James Faulkner (1776-1817); together with papers of his son Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884), including correspondence, financial and land records, case files, suit papers, client files, and other papers relating to his activities in Virginia Legislature, U. S. Congress, West Virginia constitutional convention, Whig and Democratic parties, his legal career and his service as U. S. ambassador to France (1859-1861); papers of his grandsons, Charles Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 50 James Faulkner (1847-1929) and Elisha Boyd Faulkner (b. 1841) and his daughter-in-law, Mary Wagner Boyd Faulkner, and correspondence, financial records, legal records, and other papers, of her father, Elisha Boyd. Hoof, James Lawrence. Diary, 1 item, 1855-1860, microfilm. Farm diary of agricultural operations in Jefferson County. Included are lists of slaves. Lucas Family Papers, 1804-1913, 112 items. Residents of Jefferson County, VA and WV. Topics: Family and personal papers in the 19th-20th centuries. Correspondence, including that written while serving as U. S. Representative from Virginia; will and obituary, of William Lucas (1800-1877); together with letters (1844-1859) to his brother, Robert Lucas (1795-1880) and correspondence, poetry, and other papers of his children, William Lucas (1832-1862), Virginia Bedinger Lucas (1838-1865), and Daniel Bedinger Lucas (1836-1909), and his daughter-in-law, Evelina Tucker Brooke Lucas (1838-1928), as well as other family papers. Broadside - 1861: Confederate election ticket notes Jefferson Davis for president and Alexander R. Boteler of Jefferson County for Congress. Broadside - 1865: Item concerns boundary status of Berkeley County and Jefferson County in territory dispute between West Virginia and Virginia.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Library, Blacksburg Campus
Address: Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6170 Online catalog (ADDISON) available.
Collection includes: Lucas, Daniel Bedinger (1836-1909). Papers, 1812-1924. Ms95-012. Special Collections Department. 1.8 cu. ft. Contents include: scrapbooks, correspondence, poems, essays, newspapers, and other materials collected and created by Lucas, including several items created by his daughter, poet Virginia Lucas. Topics include: Lucas's defense of John Yates Beall, the exploits of adventurer William Walker, the origin of General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler; and West Virginia politics. An 1860 scrapbook includes several interesting pressed flower designs. Contents relevant to Jefferson County include: Box 1. Folder 2: [1814] – Manuscript copy (made in 1880) of "The Cossack Celebration at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia" (now West Virginia), July 28th, 1814. Folder 5: March 1, 1928 [?], one page of The Register, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Article written by Dr. Harry T. McDonald about the Armory and Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Folder 8: 1844 – Two letters to William Lucas in Charlestown, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Folder 9: 1850 – July 23, 1850, issue of Spirit of Jefferson, newspaper of Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia). Folder 10: 1856 – March 4, 1856, article from Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia) newspaper, written by Lucas. Folder 11: 1859 – January 19, 1859, poem written to Lucas, author is an unidentified sibling of Lucas. Folder 12: 1860(?) – Scrapbook of poetry, newspaper clippings, and pressed flowers. Folder 13: [1860] – Manuscript copy of an article from the New York Herald, October 4, 1860, about the September 1860 court martial and execution of William Walker, whose military and political expeditions in Central America gained him the reputation as the "greatest American filibuster." Folder 14: 1861 – Letter from Daniel B. Lucas, writing from the Quarter Master General's Office in Richmond, Virginia, April 30, 1861, to his brother. Folder 16: 1862, n.d. – Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 51 Photographs of General Turner Ashby and Daniel Lucas. Folder 18: 1865 – Letter written on March 12, 1865, from Daniel B. Lucas in Canada, to his cousin Virginia. Mentions death of John Yates Beall. Folder 22: 1868-1869 – Letters written on May 13, 1868, and May 21, 1868, from R. N. Engle at Elston Bank to Lucas about the tract of land he received. Folder 23: 1868 – A statement of Daniel Lucas' account after the addition of Edward Lucas' estate. Folder 24: 1869-1876 – Scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Topics include the death of John Yates Beall, politics, the Civil War, and speaking engagements of Daniel Lucas. Folder 27: 1869 – One page from the Winchester Times, in which Lucas wrote an article. Folder 30: 1872 – January 22, 1872, letter and statement of account from P. H. Kennedy to Daniel Lucas about Edward Lucas' estate. Folder 31: 1876(?) – Essay (or speech) in praise of the Democratic Party. Folder 32: 1876-1893 – Scrapbook with newspaper clippings about William Lucas, Daniel Lucas, politics, and the Civil War. Folder 33: 1878 – Robert Lucas' Survivor's Pension from the U.S. Department of Interior for serving in the Virginia Militia. Folder 38: 1888(?) – Scrapbook of newspaper clippings of poetry, songs, witticisms, essays, etc., compiled by Virginia Lucas. Folder 41: 1889 – December 24, 1889, Letter from Okey Johnson to Lucas. Folder 42: 1893 – April 7, 1893, Letter from Marcus Wright, War of Records Office, War Department of Washington, to Lucas. Folder 43: 1894 – October 31, 1894, notebook of household accounts and poetry in manuscript by Lena Lucas from Rion Hall. Folder 44: 1895 – "Walker in Nicaragua," a typescript essay by Daniel B. Lucas. Folder 45: 1895-1899 – Letters between Joseph M. Broun and J. Johnston about how General Robert E. Lee obtained his horse Traveler. Folder 49: 1898 – July 22, 1898, Letter from Marcus J. Wright to Lucas. Folder 50: 1900–January 6, 1900, Program of the Eleventh Annual Reunion of the Charlestown Society, song written by Lucas. Box 2. Folder 3: 1923-1930 – Pages from a scrapbook with topics about forestry and trees; includes miscellaneous poetry. Compiled by Virginia Lucas. Folder 4: 1924 – Life of John Brown, by Michael Gold. Folder 5: n.d. – Newspaper account of the 1865 death of John Wilkes Booth. Newspaper unknown. Folder 7: n.d. – Notebook of manuscript poems written by Daniel B. Lucas, with an index to the poems. Folder 8: n.d. – Argument as to why Jefferson County, West Virginia, should have been considered part of the Union under the act of July 4th, 1864. Author unknown, though probably Daniel B. Lucas. Box 3. Folder 3: n.d. – Miscellaneous poetry. Folder 4: n.d. – Notebook of miscellaneous poetry. Folder 5: n.d. – Miscellaneous papers about John Yates Beall. Folder 6: n.d. – Framed photograph of Daniel Lucas. Box 4. Folder 4: n.d. – A notebook of poems written in manuscript by an unidentified person. Nelson family. Papers, 1828-1883. 0.6 cubic ft. Residents of Clarke County, VA. Correspondence among family members, particularly between Adelaide Nelson and her daughter, Nannie Nelson, and Civil War letters from G. Washington "Wash" Nelson to Mollie Scollay, of Shepherdstown, VA (later WV), including letters written while he was a prisoner of war at Johnson Island, OH, Point Lookout, MD, and Fort Delaware, DE; together with muster rolls, including one of Capt. Hugh Nelson's Company D, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and other Civil War papers. Ms89-021.

Washington and Lee University Library
Address: Lexington, VA. Washington and Lee University Library; Lexington, VA 24450.
Phone: (540) 463-8400
Collection includes: Wilson, William Lyne (1843-1900). Papers, 1852-1901, 550 items. In part, photocopies and microfilm of originals in West Virginia University Archives, Morgantown. Educator, cabinet officer, and U. S. Representative from West Virginia. Topics: Politics, 19th century. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, photos, and other papers, relating to Wilson's service in Congress, as Postmaster General during the 2nd administration of President Grover Cleveland, and as president of Washington and Lee University. Correspondents include Isidor Straus. Unpublished index in the repository.

West Virginia Regional Archives, West Virginia University
Address: Morgantown WV 26506-6069.
Phone: (304) 367-8358.
Online catalog available.
One of the largest collections of materials related to Jefferson County. The microfilm collection includes public records, newspapers, census materials, and private papers. The collection includes a substantial amount of material on West Virginia history. Materials of interest to Jefferson County researchers include some records for Storer College, the papers of William L. Wilson, a Jefferson County native, and John W. Davis, a distinguished lawyer, diplomat, and presidential candidate whose in-laws (the McDonalds) belonged to a prominent Jefferson County family. Davis' daughter, Julia Davis, was an accomplished writer who spent much of her childhood and later years in Jefferson County. The library also has a substantial collection of church histories. Harold Forbes' West Virginia History, A Bibliography and Guide to Research, provides descriptions of the WVU collection. Researchers should consult the University’s online catalog for a more detailed view of its collection. Collection includes: Ambler, Charles H. (1876-1957) Papers, 1834-1957. Twelve feet. Gift of Charles H. Ambler and Mrs. Charles H. Ambler. Nos. 122, 743, 1003, and 1010. Includes letters mentioning John Brown, Alexander R. Boteler, and James Rumsey. Ayres, Robert (b. 1761). Journal, 1787-1789. One reel of microfilm. Gift of Fred T. Newbraugh, 1955. No. 824. Journal of a Methodist circuit rider who rode the Berkeley Circuit. Bedinger, Henry. Journal, 1775-1776, 1781. Typescript, 42 p. Gift of Henry B. Davenport. No. 4. Copy of two journals kept by Henry Bedinger while serving in the American Revolution in New England, New York, and Virginia. Includes a return of troops raised in Frederick County, Virginia. Berkeley County. Archives, 1788, 1793. One reel of microfilm. Originals in New York Public Library. No. 837. Land tax books. Berkeley County. Typescripts, 1735-1861, 1923-1924. No. 100. Typed miscellaneous materials on Berkeley County from 1735 to 1861, including information on the location of Revolutionary soldiers' graves, Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 53 Snodgrass' Tavern, excerpts from early colonial record books, a bibliography on Berkeley County in the colonial and revolutionary periods, lineage of Colonel George Taylor, and pioneer industries. Includes correspondence of Miss Nota K. Weaver about family genealogies in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties and a typescript genealogy of the Foreman family. Boreman, Arthur I. (1823-1896) Papers. Nos. 104, 639. Includes letters to Boreman (1866-1867) concerning the admission of Jefferson and Berkeley Counties to West Virginia, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Correspondents include David Hunter Strother and Charles J. Faulkner. Brown, John (1800-1859). Papers, 1859-1860. Nos. 335, 336, 1475. Fifty-nine items. Photostatic copies of Court records from Charles Town, Jefferson County, relating to the trial of John Brown and his associates; an account of the raid from the Charles Town Independent Democrat (October 24, 1859); Brown's petition for a writ of error which appeared in the Richmond Daily Enquirer (November 21, 1859); a letter from Luther Humphrey (Brown's cousin) to Brown (November 12, 1859) and a reply (November 19, 1859) defending Brown's actions. Camden, Gideon D. (1801-1891) Papers, 1785-1958. Includes information on public schools in Shepherdstown in 1856. Nos. 1188, 1199, 1221, 1260, 1276, 1495, 1517, and 1523. Churches. West Virginia Centennial. Report forms and photographs, 1963. Gift of county chairmen of the Centennial Church History Project, 1963. No. 1667. A county by county collection of report forms, photographs, and histories of churches in existence for more than a century, assembled during the state centennial year. Civil War Diaries, 1862-1865. Five items and 1 reel of microfilm. Originals held by Washington and Lee University. Nos. 815, 922, 974, and 1720. Includes journal of Uz Barns, a volunteer in the Union Army from Ritchie County who fought at Harpers Ferry. Civil War. Military Records Index, 1861-1865. Thirteen reels of microfilm. Index to service records of volunteer Union soldiers in Virginia and West Virginia, compiled from Record Group 94 in the U.S. Adjutant General's Office. Originals in National Archives. No. 1751. Civil War. Miscellaneous Papers, 1859-1937. No. 572. Includes copies of entries from the Jefferson County circuit court order book relating to the trial of John Brown. Civil War. Harpers Ferry. Records. 1863-1865. One reel of microfilm. Originals in Pennsylvania Historical Society. No. 1394. Records of James W. Brady, provost marshal at Harpers Ferry, 1863-1865, and an order book of department headquarters at Harpers Ferry, 1863. Civil War. West Virginia. Records, 1861-1938. One reel of microfilm of military records compiled by Clifford Myers, state historian, listing West Virginia Confederate soldiers by home county and by infantry or cavalry regiment. No. 1194. Dandridge, Danske (1858-1914). Letters, 1869-1913. No. 978. Letters to Danske Dandridge, mainly from family members. Letters from magazine editors: G.P. Putnam's Sons, William Hayes Ward, H.C. Hopkins, and Washington Gladden. Some correspondence relates to the Bedinger and Lawrence- Townley families. Daniel, John M. Papers, 1891-1898. Twenty-three items. No. 353. Letters, receipts, advertising circulars, and other items of a clerk of the Jefferson County Court, Charles Town, WV. Davis, John J. (1835-1916). Papers, 1800-1954. Nos. 1366, 1385, 1946. Includes correspondence with Daniel B. Lucas. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 54 Davis, Julia McDonald (1900-1992). Papers, 1866-1963. No. 1856. Correspondence, manuscripts, class notes and other papers of this author and daughter of John W. Davis. Includes a biographical sketch of E.H. McDonald (her grandfather); reminiscences of the Civil War; memoirs of Col. A. W. McDonald; notes on trips of John W. Davis, particularly in 1924. Correspondents include John W. Davis, William L. Wilson, and Julia McDonald. Dickson, James, and William Dickson. Dickson Brothers. Journals, 1822-1854. One reel of microfilm. Originals in possession of John A. Gibson. Commercial journals include entries for the account of John Brown for the years 1826-1833. Dimmit, John. Dimmit Family Papers, 1807, 1885-1890. No. 1569. Includes 1807 will of John Dimmitt of Jefferson County. Farmers' Advocate Records, 1899-1935. Subscription books, 1901-1905, 1912, 1916-1917, and account book, 1912-1935, of the Farmer's Advocate. Records also include a farm account book, 1899-1909 of Samuel L. Rissler and son, dealing with general farm operations in Jefferson County. Faulkner, Charles James (1806-1884). Papers, 1786-1892. Nos. 912, 934, 993, 1681. Includes materials relating to the disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Harpers Ferry. Typescript, June 23, 1821. No. 374. A sketch of the town and its geographical setting, copied from a manuscript owned by Mrs. E. Bruce Allen, of Moorefield. Includes notes on the history of the site of the town, description of the rivers, public buildings, school, circulating library, tavern, religious denominations and nationalities represented among the 1351 inhabitants. Harpers Ferry Seminary. Records. April 28, 1819. No. 373. Photostat of list of pupils at the school and the lesson arrangement for April 28, 1819. Haymond, Luther (1809-1909). Diary and Surveyor's Handbook, 1830-1833, 1849. Nos. 772, 1797. Diary includes description of Charles Town, WV. Interwoven Mills Collection. Includes documents and photographs related to Interwoven Mills’ operations in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. Jefferson County. Archives, 1802-1913. No. 382. Court case papers, 1802-1913, and county record books, 1830-1905. Included are records for retail merchandising, 1884-1894, in Jefferson County. A partial name and subject index to the case papers and a checklist of the bound volumes are available in the manuscript section. Irons, J.C. Letter, June 28, 1898. Letter from J.C. Irons to William Campbell (Charles Town) regarding arrangements for the next Democratic convention. Jefferson County. Civil War Clippings, 1862. Sketches from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper dealing with encampments and military activities in Charles Town and Harpers Ferry. No. 90. Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870). Papers. Microfilm of John Pendleton Kennedy's papers, including a checklist of the Kennedy collection in the Peabody Institute Library, an alphabetical checklist of Kennedy's incoming correspondence, and selected materials on the Berkeley Springs - Martinsburg - Winchester area. “Livingston’s Conversion, History of Adam Livingston, Middle Way, Since Called ‘Clip,’ Jefferson County, Virginia.” An account of Adam Livingston’s conversion to the Catholic faith. No. 209. The original is in the Library of Georgetown University. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 55 Lynch, George N. Papers, 1835-1898. Deeds and legal papers of a Jefferson County farmer. Includes legal documents relating to Dr. Nicholas Marmion of Harpers Ferry. No. 1340. Marmion, Nicholas (d. 1883). Family Papers, 1798-1951. Personal, medical, and business papers, account books and journals of Nicholas Marmion, a Harpers Ferry doctor. No. 1071. Martinsburg and Berkeley County. Papers, 1781-1953. One reel of microfilm. Includes newspaper clippings, manuscripts, pamphlets, typescripts, correspondence, and photographs related to the history of Martinsburg and Berkeley County. No. 1053. Originals in the Martinsburg Public Library. Miners’ Treason Trial. Papers, 1921-1922. Eight reels of microfilm. Originals in possession of circuit court of Jefferson County. Includes the case papers for the trials of coal miners and United Mine Workers leaders indicted for treason in connection with the Logan County strikes in August and September 1921. The papers focus on Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. Miscellaneous Papers, 1774-1960. Includes a letter from Josiah Fleagle to his brother Noah Fleagle, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, 1863 (No. 900); a freight receipt for salt shipped to Harpers Ferry, 1861 (No. 966); papers of Theordora Douglass while a student at St. Hilda’s Hall (No. 1223); Historic American Buildings Surveys for Harpers Ferry Structures (No. 1503); and a letter from a Union soldier written from a field hospital at Sandy Hook (e.g., Harpers Ferry), Maryland (No. 1566). Parker, William (1845-1886). Papers. Includes discussion of 1851 election in Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan Counties. No. 156. Ruggles, Charles H. Letter to Benson J. Lossing. Discusses location of two Union Army majors captured between Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry by Mosby’s guerillas on October 13, 1864. No. 1480. Seely, Simeon Franklin. Letter, 1859. Letter written October 17, 1859, by a merchant from Beverly, Ohio, who arrived at Harpers Ferry on the night of October 16, 1859, when John Brown and his men were seizing the Armory. Describes the capture of a train by Brown’s men. No. 1457. Shepherdstown in the Civil War, 1862-1865. An account of Civil War activity in Shepherdstown copied from the diary of a Southern sympathizer. It was reprinted in the Shepherdstown Register April 23, 1925. No. 76. Slaves and Slavery, Papers, 1797-1829. Documents from Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland, concerning the transport of slaves, manumission, free papers, suits for freedom, and appraisals. An 1815 bill of sale for land in Jefferson County is also included. Nos. 2059 and 2078. Spears, Anita Buchanan. Papers, ca. 1916-1957. Includes information on Jefferson County history, David Hunter Strother, and James Rumsey. No. 1338. Storer College Records, 1865-1956. Office files, correspondence, faculty and student records, Veterans Administration records, financial records, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, building blueprints, and campus plans for West Virginia’s first African American institution of higher learning. The college was started in 1867 by the New England Free Will Baptist Association. Subjects include missionary efforts of the Free Will Baptists to establish schools and missions in the Shenandoah Valley, the school activities of college president Henry J. McDonald, and information on general college operations and activities. Nos. 1131, 1168, 1322, and 1471. Microfilm of originals in possession of Mrs. John Newcomer and the National Park Service. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 56 Strother, David Hunter. Letter, 1882. Letter to Joseph S. Duckwall relating to Strother’s father’s estate and the estate of Philip C. Pendleton. No. 1595. Surveyor’s Field Books, 1753, 1760-1765. Surveys of land in several Virginia counties, including Frederick. Some of the surveys were made by Thomas Rutherford. No. 577. Trinity Episcopal Church. Norborne Parish (Martinsburg). Records, 1817-1921. Microfilm of parish registers 1832-1900, minutes of the Vestry 1817-1921, and a collection of account books, 1865-1892. Originals at Trinity Episcopal Church. No. 1362. United States. Bureau of Census. Census Population Schedules, Virginia, 1830-1860; West Virginia, 1870-1880. Microfilm of materials at National Archives. No. 882. United States. Bureau of the Census. Papers, 1830-1860, 1870-1880, 1890. Census population schedules for Virginia, 1830-1860, and for West Virginia, 1870-1880, and special schedules for 1890 enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War. Nos. 261, 501, 756, and 882. Microfilm of originals in National Archives. United States. Bureau of Census. Special Schedules, 1890, Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Two reels of Microfilm copied from the National Archives. No. 882. Virginia Debt Controversy. Correspondence, 1888-1898. Letters from R.P. Chew, R.B. Roosevelt, Venkins Van Schaik, and George Pierce regarding Virginia-deferred certificates and the attempt by the Council of Foreign Bondholders to force Virginia to redeem its tax coupons. No. 1117. Washington, George (1732-1799). Papers, 1750, 1773, and 1774. Nos. 442, 443, and 1164. Includes a photocopy of a survey of 400 acres made by George Washington in Frederick County in 1750. Welshans, Harriet. Sentiment Book, 1845-1868. A sentiment book from Harriet Welshans, a girl living in Shepherdstown. No. 1699. West Virginia. Department of Mines. Reports, 1916-1932. Microfilm of records in the West Virginia Department of Mines and State Records Center. Includes accident and inspection reports from the West Virginia Department of Mines. Categories include: fatal accidents, 1919-1932; non-fatal accidents, 1916-1932; minor accidents, 1919-1932; inspection reports, 1919-1927; sand mines and prosecution, 1927-1932. No. 2143. West Virginia. West Virginia Historic Records Survey, 1750-1939. Copies of records from each county in West Virginia. Includes registers of births, deaths, marriages, wills, estate settlements, and land records; transcriptions of county and circuit court order books and minute books; cemetery readings and registers; church record surveys; calendars of the papers of West Virginia Governors; and American Imprint Inventory slips of the holdings of several West Virginia libraries. No. 46. West Virginia. State Board of Control. Correspondence, 1909-1949. Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Includes information on Storer College and Shepherd College. No. 1976. West Virginia. West Virginia Vital Statistics, ca. 1853-1862. Microfilm of birth, death, and marriage records from 50 West Virginia counties. Originals located in Virginia State Library, Richmond. No. 968. West Virginia School. Statistics. Seven charts, 1865-1892 showing comparative statistics for school enrollment, population, attendance, finances, value of school property, and other data. No. 842. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 57 Wilson, William L. (1843-1900). Papers, 1883, 1888. Two letters from William L. Wilson regarding the political campaign of 1888 and reprints of articles on West Virginia University that appeared in the Wheeling Register about 1883. No. 456. Wilson, William L. (1843-1900) Papers, 1862-1900. Correspondence, writings, diaries, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers of William L Wilson, who was a private in the 12th Virginia Cavalry, President of West Virginia University (1882-1883), member of Congress (1883-1895), Postmaster General (1895- 1897), author of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff (1894), and president of Washington and Lee University (1897-1900). Includes materials collected by Festus P. Summers, Wilson’s biographer. No. 1694.

West Virginia Archives, West Virginia Division of Culture & History
Address: Archives and History Library. The Cultural Center. 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East. Charleston, WV 25305-0300.
Phone: (304) 558-0230, ext. 168
Website: www.wvculture.org
This library ranks as one of the largest repositories of Jefferson County information. Individual items available at this location are listed in the CD Bibliography. Online resources include selected materials from the Boyd Stutler Collection (related to the Civil War and John Brown); a Genealogy Center; a West Virginia History Timeline; a newspaper clippings database related to West Virginia topics; a database of West Virginia Union militia that served in the Civil War; a database of West Virginia Highway Markers; and a database listing materials used in the West Virginia Film Project. Collection includes: Microfilm for most local papers, census records, public records. Court records include: Births 1853-1970, Index to Births 1853-1928, Deaths 1853-1970, Index to Deaths 1853-1910, Marriage Bonds 1821-1827, Marriages 1801-1970, Index to Marriages 1801-1890, Wills 1801-1970, Wills-Circuit Court 1832-1881, Recorders Will Book 1862-1893, Deeds 1801-1901, Deeds Index 1801-1968, War Deed Book 1862-1865, Fiduciary Accounts 1872-1926, Index to Accounts Fiduciary 1865-1939, List of Fiduciaries 1865-1926, Record Book 1801-1803, 1868-1898, Minute Book 1801-1823, Order Book 1813-1873, 1881-1934, Guardian Accounts 1828-1861, Guardian Bonds 1865-1894, Bonds 1823-1826, Exec. & Adm. Bonds 1865-1934, Inventories of Estates 1863-1872, Discharges 1917, Common Law Orders 1831-1855, Chancery Orders 1831-1838, 1847-1928, Law Orders 1873-1929 . Also includes records filmed at Virginia State Library: Births 1853-1860, Marriages 1854-1858, 1860, and Deaths 1853-1860. A partial listing of the manuscript collection is available online. Materials related to Jefferson County include: Boyd B. Stutler Collection, 1836-1970. MS 78-1. Much of the collection focuses on John Brown, his raid on Harpers Ferry, and the aftermath. Fairfax Land Papers, 1729-1763. MS 79-3. Materials pertaining to Northern Neck land surveys of land held by Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Includes Petition of the Burgesses of the colony of Virginia to the King concerning their grievances relating to boundaries of land grants under King Charles II and King James II (?); Paper concerning the surveying of and settling of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Instructions from Lord Fairfax, November 24, 1733; Records of a meeting of the commissioners appointed to run Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 58 the boundary line of the land grant of Lord Fairfax, which included the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, September 15, 1746; Papers related to the expense of running the boundary line to divide the grant of Lord Fairfax, June 11, 1747; Deed of transfer from Lord Fairfax to John Lemen, November 13, 1752; Land grant from Fairfax to Bryan Bruin, May 21, 1763. Isaac Fouke Collection, 1820-1882. Ms 79-6. Isaac Fouke (1803-1887), born and died in Charles Town, Jefferson County. Attorney and member of House of Delegates in 1883. Contains 2 volumes, indexed by Fouke, containing poems, short stories, commentaries, speeches. David Hunter Strother Collection, 1868-1888. Ms 79-7. Account book, journal, correspondence, 1 manuscript and 10 sketches in various media. “Jost Hite of the Shenandoah Valley and Descendants,” by William S. Laidley. Ms 79-1. Civil War Collection (artificial), 1859-1911 bulk collection 1861- 1865. Ms 79-18. Includes: Item 19. Moler, J.S. Letter, December 10, 1905, Harpers Ferry, WV, to Daisy Engle. Actions of Lt. George W. Engle in July 1864, Smithfield. Item 38. Nadenbousch, John Q.A. Recruitment papers, 1859-1862, covering Martinsburg area from 2nd regiment Virginia infantry (29 items), including descriptions of men who volunteered in 1862 (many from Maryland). Item 39. Ashby, ? Letter, September 3, 186?, Camp Ashby to Adeline Osburn, Rippon (Jefferson County). Item 55. Patterson, James. Letters, 1862-1863. 3 items. Letters from Harpers Ferry to daughter Hannah Swank and her husband John. Series 3 Secondary Source Manuscripts. Item 5 Moore, Cleon. "War incidents" (typescript re: 2nd Regiment Stonewall Brigade). Series 4 Roster and Muster Rolls. Virginia Cavalry. Item 7. 12th regiment Company A. Virginia Infantry. Item 14. 2nd regiment Company A. Series 5 Lists of Soldiers by Geographical Areas. Item 1. Charles Town. Item 3. Harpers Ferry. Item 4. Jefferson County. Item 6. Shepherdstown United Daughters of the Confederacy. West Virginia Division. Records, 1899-1919. Ms 79-19. Includes Charles Town Chapter. Account book, Charles Town, 1821-1831. Ms 79-22. Account book of a Charles Town business. Account book, the Shepards Town Academy, April 1, 1823 - October 1, 1824. Ms 79-36. Ledger and diary, Willoughby Lemen, Shepherdstown, 1822-1876. Ms 79-47. Account book, Jefferson County, 1826-1868. Ms 79-63. Appears to be account book of a blacksmith or metalworker. Account book of R. Rion Lucas, Jefferson County, 1871. Ms 79-64. Ledger, William Mastin, Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, 1816- 1830. Ms 79-69. James Nourse letter, May 10, 1775. Ms 79-163. Letter from Nourse to wife during trip to "Kentucke" to locate lands, written near mouth of Great Sandy. Lucas and Shepherd Family Papers, ca. 1780-1900, bulk 1805-1867. Ms 79-171. Correspondence of Lucas and Shepherd family members, primarily in Jefferson County. Frederick County, Virginia Survey Notebook, 1762- 1764. Ms 79-172. Survey of lands of various persons, some of what becomes eastern panhandle of West Virginia area. Chapter 2. Libraries and Museums 59 Bicentennial Post Office Histories, 1976-1977. Ms 79-181. Short histories of various U. S. Post Offices in West Virginia. Historical Records Survey, Works Program Administration, 1936-1941. Ms 79-211. West Virginia Historical Records Survey of manuscript collections, including notes on early West Virginia imprints, private manuscript collections and compilations of early records. U.S. Census Office, 10th Census, 1880. Ma 79-213. Manuscript volumes of 1880 West Virginia population schedules. List of prisoners confined at Point Pleasant, 1862- 1863. Ms 79-240. Register of Confederate prisoners confined at Point Pleasant. United Confederate Veterans, West Virginia Division, 1893-1915. Ms 80-8. United Confederate Veterans was a fraternal organization of Confederate Civil War veterans. Includes records of the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee camps, as well as overall listing of camps. Records, Colonial Militia to World War, ca. 1936. Ms 80-22. Typescript notes about military records from the colonial militia period through World War I. Historical Records Survey. List of West Virginia churches, ca. 1940. Ms 80-30. Typescript copy of listing of churches in West Virginia by county, then denomination and founding date. Historical Records Survey. Church of the Brethren listing county by county, 1800-1915. Ms 80-31. Typescript listing of Church of the Brethren listing county by county. McCurdy, James. Letter to John McCurdy, 1849 September 10. Ms 80-112. Letter from James McCurdy, Sacramento City, CA, to John W. McCurdy, Charles Town, September 10, 1849, concerning his trip to California. Miller, Solomon. Papers, ca. 1821-1861. Ms 80-117. Business papers and notes of Solomon Miller, Shepherdstown weaver, and Jacob W. Reynolds, ca. 1821- 1861. Van Meter family papers, 1785-1910. Ms 80-125. Van Meter family history, 1785-1910. Schaarmann family. Letters, 1848-1860. Ms 80-128. Letters between members of the Schaarmann family in Germany and Harpers Ferry, 1848-1860. Letters are in German. Dandridge, Danske Bedinger. Papers, 1887-1901. Ms 80-133. Letters and poems of Danske Bedinger Dandridge, Jefferson County, 1887-1901. Most of the letters addressed to either Dr. Ward or Miss Ward. U. S. Quartermaster General. Records for construction at Harpers Ferry, 1800. Ms 80-157. Receipts for construction materials used in building quarters for General Pinckney at Harpers Ferry, 1800.

Winterthur Library, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Address: Winterthur, DE 19735
Phone: (302) 888-4701
Collection includes: Kinsey, John W. Diary, 1850. 1 v. (40 p.). John Kinsey was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA; his parents were Quakers. By 1850, he was employed by the Lowell Machine Shop, Lowell, MA. In 1850, Kinsey and W.B. Bemans took a six week trip through the western United States. Records the trip taken by Kinsey and Bemans from Lowell, MA, as far west as Chicago during the summer of 1850. Includes description of Harpers Ferry, WV.

Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Address: 120 High St., New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: (203) 432-2798
Collection includes: Brown, John, 1800-1859. Skeleton of a provisional constitution and ordinances of the people of the U.S., and related letter to his family : [Chatham, Ont.], [1858]. 2 items. Holograph manuscript, with corrections, undated, written by John Brown. This provisional constitution was adopted by a convention of Brown and his followers in Chatham, Ontario, in 1858, as part of a plan to free Southern slaves. The manuscript is annotated in an unidentified hand: "Handed to Gov. Wise by John Brown on Wed Oct 19/59 before he was removed from the U.S. grounds at Harpers Ferry & while he lay wounded on his cot." A related ALS, dated May 1, 1858, 1 p., written by Brown at Chatham to his wife, Mary Anne Day Brown, and children, discusses arrival of his friends in Chatham and means of provision for their families. Brown, John. Family Letters. Letter (June 12, 1855) from Wealthy Brown to her sister-in-law, Ruth Thompson. Letter (February 10, 1856) from Frederick Brown. Letters (June 28, 1856, and August 13, 1856) from Jason Brown. All letters were written in Kansas and deal with the struggles there. Available on microfilm. Marmion, Robert A. (1844-1907). Diaries and Papers (1869-1871). Robert A. Marmion was born in Harpers Ferry, WV, in 1844 and became a physician in 1868, serving most of his time with the Navy. These papers appear to have few if any references to Harpers Ferry. Terry family. Terry-Slocomb Family Papers, 1809-1891 (inclusive). 0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes). William Terry, son of Daniel and Mary Pease (Parsons) Terry, was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on June 8, 1822. During the Civil War, Terry served as an assistant surgeon in a military hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. He died in 1908. Esther Asenath Terry, sister of William Terry, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, on January 24, 1818. She was a nurse in military hospitals during the Civil War, a teacher of freedmen in Virginia and Georgia after the war, and a missionary in New York City. Includes description of Harpers Ferry. 61 3. Public Records The area now known as Jefferson County has been part of five counties and two states since 1720. This splintered past complicates researchers' efforts to use public records in the study of local history. The following chronology will serve as a general guide to students wishing to study a particular period of Jefferson County's past. A description of the scope and location of public records follows. 1720 to 1734: Spottsylvania County, Virginia. 1734 to 1738: Orange County, Virginia. Court was held at Orange Court House. The Orange County Courthouse is located at 109 West Main Street, Orange, VA 22960. 1738 to 1772: Frederick County, Virginia. The Court for Frederick County was held at Orange Court House until 1743, when it was transferred to Winchester. The Frederick County Clerk's Office is located at 5 N. Kent Street, Winchester, VA 22601. Phone: (540) 667-5770. 1772 to 1801: Berkeley County, Virginia. Court has always been held in Martinsburg. The Berkeley County Courthouse is located at 100 West King Street; Martinsburg, WV 25401-3210. Phone: (304) 267-3000. 1801 to 1863: Jefferson County, Virginia. Court was held in Charlestown until the Civil War. The Court House is located at the intersection of Washington and George Streets (WV Routes 9 and 340), Charles Town, WV, 25414. Phone: (304) 725-9761. 1863 to the present: Jefferson County, West Virginia. Court was held in Shepherdstown from 1865 until 1871, and in Charlestown from 1871 to the present. Municipal records are also important resources for historians, and the following municipalities have played a key part in Jefferson County's history: Bolivar (Jefferson County). Incorporated in December 1825, it included the village of Mudfort. Charles Town (Jefferson County). Founded in 1786, it became the county seat with the establishment of Jefferson County in 1801. The first meeting of the Jefferson County Court was held November 10, 1801. Harpers Ferry (Jefferson County). Founded ca. 1745 by Robert Harper, it was early known as Shenandoah Falls at Harper's Ferry. The town was not incorporated until March 1851. When incorporated, it absorbed the town of Virginius (located on Virginius Island), which had been established by the Virginia General Assembly in 1827. Martinsburg (Berkeley County). Established 1778, has been the seat of Berkeley County since its inception. Mecklinburg / Shepherdstown (Jefferson County). Founded in 1762, it was renamed Shepherdstown in 1798. Ranson (Jefferson County). It was incorporated October, 1910. Smithfield / Middleway (Jefferson County). Also called Clip, it was founded by Joseph Smith and established by act of the General Assembly in 1798 under the name “Smithfield.” When Jefferson County became part of West Virginia in 1863, its town charter was apparently nullified. The state of West Virginia formally repealed Smithfield's charter, along with those of other Jefferson County municipalities, in 1866. Smithfield did not apply for a new charter. Virginius Island. Located in the Shenandoah River adjacent to Harpers Ferry, it was incorporated until after the Civil War.

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