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Box 1

01-01 Correspondence, 1904- 1905
01-02 Correspondence,1906
01-03 Correspondence, 1907
01-04 Correspondence, 1908
01-05 Correspondence, 1909 January - June
01-06 Correspondence, 1909 July- December
01-07 Correspondence, 1910
01-08 Correspondence, 1911


Box 2

02-01 VA Debt
02-02 Bill of Complaint - VA vs. WV
02-03 VA vs. WV - charge to WV
02-04 VA vs, WV - estimated valuation of property
02-05 VA vs. WV - ordinary expenses of government
02-06 VA vs. WV - summary of property, stocks, credits
02-07 Public debt of the Commonwealth of VA - chapter I
02-08 Public debt of the Commonwealth of VA - chapter II
02-09 Public debt of the Commonwealth of VA - chapter III
02-10 History of Public Debt of VA
02-11 Relation of WV to VA debt
02-12 Abstract of Acts of General Assembly of VA (1820-1860) re: Virginia Debt
02-13 Action of General Assembly re: miscellaneous items
02-14 Amount of Delinquent Taxes (1790-1822) mss and typed
02-15 Commissioners of Revenue and Collection of Taxes, 1860
02-16 Exhibits
02-17 Expenditures made by VA within WV
02-18 Founding of VA
02-19 VA refused to permit WV resources from public knowledge
02-20 Literary Fund of VA, 1810-1880
02-21 Literary Fund of VA - creation, management and WV role
02-22 Lottery in VA
02-23 Members of committee on VA Debt question
02-24 Notes on VA statutes re: WV
02-25 Debt ordinances adopted by Wheeling Convention
02-26 Personal property assessed for taxation in VA counties, 1861-1863
02-27 Correspondence with county clerks regarding 1863 personal property assessments for use in debt case, 1909
02-28 Representatives of Pendleton County
02-29 VA revenues from sale of good manufactured in penitentiaries, condemned slaves, taxes and fees, Chapter XXIII
02-30 Revenue - by county, no date
02-31 Slaves in VA, 1860
02-32 VA Commonwealth stock holding
02-33 VA area and population, 1860


Box 3

03-01 Partial report concerning internal improvements (pp. 5-42)
03-02 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1820-1825, Chapter IV
03-03 Works of Internal Improvements authorized by VA General Assembly. 1825-1830, Chapter V
03-04 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1835-1840, Chapter VII
03-05 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1845-1850, Chapter IX
03-06 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1850-1855, Chapter X
03-07 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1855-1860, Chapter XI
03-08 Works of internal improvements authorized by VA General Assembly, 1860-1863, Chapter XII
03-09 Internal improvements convention journal, 1844
03-10 List of public improvements in WV with amount of aid and reference to the authority
03-11 Internal improvements - subscriptions, 1850-1855
03-12 Engineers at mouth of Howard's Creek
03-13 Fund for internal improvements
03-14 Loans for internal improvements
03-15 Schedule of interstate improvements
03-16 State aid to works of internal improvements
03-17 James River and Kanawha Company - operations in WV
03-18 James River and Kanawha Canal and Turnpike Company
03-19 James River and Kanawha Company- legislative history
03-20 Bank Legislation - Chapter XVII, part 1
03-21 Bank Legislation - Chapter XVII, part 2
03-22 Bank Legislation - Chapter XVII, part 3
03-23 Bank Legislation - Chapter XVII, part 4, bank exhibits


Box 4

04-01 RRs of early days and beginning of RR era
04-02 RR convention at Clarksburg, 1844-1845
04-03 Northwestern VA Convention (Baltimore and Ohio), Fairmont, 1845
04-04 RR Convention at Weston, 1846
04-05 Baltimore and Ohio RR Company
04-06 Chesapeake and Ohio RR Company
04-07 Covington and Ohio RR Company
04-08 Louisa RR Company
04-09 Northwestern RR Company
04-10 Potomac and Ohio RR Company
04-11 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RR Company
04-12 Smithfield RR Company
04-13 Virginia Central RR Company - counties authorized to subscribe for stock of
04-14 Winchester and Potomac RR Company
04-15 Action of General Assembly re: rivers, 1784-1816
04-16 Improvement of WV rivers by incorporated companies or individuals before 1820
04-17 Miscellaneous rivers - data on Patterson's Creek, South Branch River, Twelve Pole Creek, Tygarts Valley River
04-18 Big Sandy River - state borders on, improvements
04-19 Cheat River - data on, improvements
04-20 Coal River - detailed list in folder
04-21 Elk River
04-22 Great Cacapon River
04-23 Great Kanawha River - detailed list in folder
04-24 Guyandotte River - improvements, navigation on
04-25 Little Kanawha River - data on, 1st survey, improvements
04-26 Monongahela River - data
04-27 Bridges and bridge companies
04-28 Canals
04-29 Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal
04-30 Ferries in WV, 1750-1835
04-31 Steamboats in WV


Box 5

05-01 Roads - alphabetical list
05-02 Roads - chronological list
05-03 Roads - Turnpikes and Highways in WV - alphabetical list
05-04 Roads - alphabetical listing with references to General Assembly Acts
05-05 Roads - action of General Assembly, 1784-1816
05-06 Roads - action of General Assembly on turnpikes, 1784-1816
05-07 Roads - in northern WV prior to 1800
05-08 Roads - constructed without state aid
05-09 Roads - in WV funded by direct local taxation before 1820
05-10 Roads - in WV funded by appropriation of delinquent taxes before 1820
05-11 Roads - in WV constructed by corporations and individuals before 1820
05-12 Roads - in WV constructed by VA treasury before 1820
05-13 Roads - List of funds
05-14 Allegheny Turnpike; Roads other than James and Kanawha Turnpike, Northwestern Turnpike and Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike
05-15 Roads - miscellaneous
05-16 Chapter headings - Roads and Internal Improvements
05-17 Roads - Chapter IV
05-18 Roads - Chapter V
05-19 Roads - Chapter VI Turnpikes and Roads in WV constructed by Incorporated Companies, Commissioners, Individuals between December 1, 1830, and December 1, 1835
05-20 Roads - Chapter VII
05-21 Roads - Chapter VIII 1841-1843
05-22 Roads - Chapter IX
05-23 Roads - Chapter X
05-24 Roads - Chapter XI
05-25 Roads - Chapter XII
05-26 Roads - Chapter XIV - Northwestern Turnpike
05-27 Staunton and Parkersburg Road - Chapter XV


Box 6 - Chancery

06-01 Indian Wars - description of Mingo Indians, early settlements and Indian Wars in Kanawha Valley, Indian Wars in WV before Revolution, Indian Wars in WV After Revolution
06-02 History of the Battle of Pt. Pleasant by Virgil A. Lewis - mss and typed versions; contract for sales of publication
06-03 Battle of Pt. Pleasant
06-04 Arbuckle, Captain Matthew - company
06-05 Biggs, Lieutenant Joseph - charges against
06-06 Buckles, Captain James - company
06-07 Memoirs, Honorable George Mayse of Bath County. Remembering Indian wars, written ca, 1873
06-08 Preston, Colonel William - Journal of Big Sandy voyage (copy)
06-09 Fort Pendleton - correspondence and date
06-10 Manuscript segment about Native American government
06-11 Correspondence, John Dawson to Governor Robert Brooks
06-12 Indian killed on Monongahela River
06-13 Revolutionary War
06-14 Military organization of Greenbrier County after Revolution
06-15 War of the Rebellion series index - typed (incomplete)
06-16 Part 1, Documentary History of the Civil War in WV, Chapter 1, Official Reports of Military Operations in WV, April 16 - July 31, 1861
06-17 Civil War medals list - medals requested, sent, ca. 1891
06-18 Participation of 7th Infantry at Antietam (correspondence with Senator J. W. Sautee)
06-19 Civil War
06-20 Appendix, John S. Carlile and Chapman J. Stuart on division of the state
06-21 Conditions in Northwestern VA - opposition to slavery
06-22 Convention between VA and Confederate states
06-23 Lecture, "Men of 1861 Who Made West Virginia or Lost Leaves From the History of the State"
06-24 Convention at Clarksburg, debt ordinance of August 20, notation of "Address" signed by Arthur Boreman and Gibson Cramer - 2nd Convention of the People of Northwestern VA
06-25 Second Convention of People of Northwestern VA
06-26 State convention adopting ordinance of secession, 1961
06-27 Summary, Wheeling conventions of 1861
06-28 Workingman's Union Meeting, 1861
06-29 Library accessions - where and how acquired
06-30 Loans to V.A. Lewis
06-31 Information re: books, etc.
06-32 Correspondence Virgil A. Lewis to county clerks re: county records
06-33 Expenses, Department of Archives and History (early 1900s)
06-34 Public Documents and Papers of WV
06-35 Thompson, H. L. - ledger of charges for portrait, sketches and picture cleaning
06-36 Senate and House Journals - list of those held by Archives
06-37 WV Bar - listing of publications
06-38 Lecture, "Lost Leaves from the Public Documents and History of West Virginia", ca. 1911
06-39 List of subscribers to State House Company stocks and deeds for land
06-40 Cancelled checks signed by V. A. Lewis
06-41 Lewis, Virgil A. biographical sketch
06-42 Newspapers published in WV - list
06-43 Early correspondence, mostly Historical and Antiquarian Society


Box 7

07-01 Methodism in WV, 1800-1825 (2 copies)
07-02 Poetry and songs - detailed list in folder
07-03 Compendium of history of WV
07-04 Election votes and notes - 1832, 1840, 1844
07-05 Vote in WV counties on the adoption of the VA constitution, 1829-1830
07-06 Order for voucher for state funds
07-07 Period of Commonwealth
07-08 WV under 1st constitution of VA, 1776-1830
07-09 Inequality of representation in the General Assembly of VA
07-10 Unequal representation of General Assembly of "WV" [should have been VA]
07-11 Summary of education references in VA constitutions
07-12 Conditional provision for education, 1863
07-13 Act for endorsement and maintenance of Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
07-14 Art donating public lands to states and territories for colleges
07-15 History of the Valley - Chapter I
07-16 Coal fields and mining in Great Kanawha Valley
07-17 Manufacture of Cannel Coal Oil in Great Kanawha Valley
07-18 Mineral companies - mostly salt
07-19 Allen J. Caperton and Company Coal Oil
07-20 Gist, Christopher - journals
07-21 Lewis, Colonel Thomas - diary of surveyor of Fairfax lands, 1746
07-22 Meeting of the Citizens of Kanawha County at Charleston, 1836
07-23 Proceedings of Northwestern VA Great Education meeting, 1841
07-24 Convention for securing justice, Lewisburg, 1842
07-25 Semi-Centennial
07-26 Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition - correspondence
07-27 Freemasonry, Knights of Pythias
07-28 List of signatures
07-29 Currency - several states, countries
07-30 Journal - various appointments to state boards, vote totals ca. 1864-1873
07-31 Manuscript, "History of Marshall Academy, Marshall College and Marshall College State Normal School"
07-32 Manuscript "West End of West Virginia" by W.S. Laidley (published in WV Historical Magazine 1:4, 1901)
07-33 Address, State Aid in Collecting Local History of the Ohio Valley"
07-34 Davis, Jefferson - letters (copies)
07-35 Atkinson, George W. - oration delivered at unveiling of Pt. Pleasant Battle Monument
07-36 WV Reform School
07-37 Hospital for the Insane at Weston
07-38 Church of the United Brethren
07-39 Notes on colonial/revolutionary period
07-40 Address, "An Address to All Students of American History"
07-41 Washington, George
07-42 Organization of Wyoming County
07-43 History of Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter, DAR
07-44 Miscellaneous


Box 8

08-01 Receipt book, 1893-1896 (Superintendent of Schools?)
08-02 Notebooks on WV newspapers


Box 9

09-01 Plans for exhibition cases at Jamestown, 1907
09-02 Minute and account book, Knights of Pythias. 1908-1909 (Lewis as Grand Chancellor
09-03 Internal Improvements Chapter XX
09-04 Virginia Debt, expenses, 1820-1861 Chapter XXI
09-05 Revenue tax figures, 1823-1861


Archives Collections

West Virginia Archives and History