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Howard, 1990.).","Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","There are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2)  \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a)  \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b)  \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4)  \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5)  \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6)  \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8)  \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9)  \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10)  \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12)  \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13)  \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14)  \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15)  \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20)  \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20)  \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21)  \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23)  \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)","This series includes assorted written material, including receipts, poems, and envelopes.","This series includes documents related to Miles Dahmer's time in the Virginia Militia, including his appointment document as Major in the 46th Regiment of the 18th Brigade and 3rd Division.","This series includes various documents relating to the Civil War, including an order to muster troops, a pay voucher, and two soldier rosters.","This series includes two of Miles Dahmer's personal diaries.","These letters regard experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory [including steamboat travel], impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory [where he settled], and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Note: Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters found in this collection.)","These letters regard family news and the local news of Upper Tract, West Virginia.","Five of these letters are from Noah and Emily Harman, friends and neighbors of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, regarding the local news of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. Two are from friends in the state of Iowa and Upper Tract, West Virginia."," Four of these letters are from Noah Harman, a neighbor of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, discussing legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. The remaining five letters are from a County Clerk regarding the disposition of Dahmer's Kansas land.","This series includes a transcription of marriage contract between \"George Dachemer\" and \"Nancy Skidmore\" of 1810 provided by the Clerk of Pendleton County.","This series includes two letters from Emily Harman regarding Miles Dahmer, life in Grasshopper Falls, produce prices, and other topics.","These letters concern primarily the efforts of Sallie Dahmer to collect a family inheritance.","This series includes five empty envelopes that contained letters by Sallie Dahmer postmarked from Little Sandusky, Ohio.","This series includes assorted legal papers belonging to Miles Dahmer, including materials regarding a land dispute and Dahmer's career in the Pendleton County School District.","This series includes assorted legal papers, including material regarding land and the Last Will and Testament of Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Miles Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted printed material, including an early pocket interest mathematical table, an account and memorandum book, etc.","This series includes a group portrait of a Confederate veterans reunion and photographs of a Miles Dahmer exhibit.","This series includes Civil War artifacts, including several belts, an Eagle Head Sabre, and other pieces of a Confederate officer's uniform. 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Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) 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In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2)  \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a)  \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b)  \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4)  \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5)  \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6)  \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8)  \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9)  \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10)  \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12)  \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13)  \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14)  \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15)  \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20)  \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20)  \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21)  \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23)  \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)","This series includes assorted written material, including receipts, poems, and envelopes.","This series includes documents related to Miles Dahmer's time in the Virginia Militia, including his appointment document as Major in the 46th Regiment of the 18th Brigade and 3rd Division.","This series includes various documents relating to the Civil War, including an order to muster troops, a pay voucher, and two soldier rosters.","This series includes two of Miles Dahmer's personal diaries.","These letters regard experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory [including steamboat travel], impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory [where he settled], and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Note: Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters found in this collection.)","These letters regard family news and the local news of Upper Tract, West Virginia.","Five of these letters are from Noah and Emily Harman, friends and neighbors of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, regarding the local news of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. Two are from friends in the state of Iowa and Upper Tract, West Virginia."," Four of these letters are from Noah Harman, a neighbor of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, discussing legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. The remaining five letters are from a County Clerk regarding the disposition of Dahmer's Kansas land.","This series includes a transcription of marriage contract between \"George Dachemer\" and \"Nancy Skidmore\" of 1810 provided by the Clerk of Pendleton County.","This series includes two letters from Emily Harman regarding Miles Dahmer, life in Grasshopper Falls, produce prices, and other topics.","These letters concern primarily the efforts of Sallie Dahmer to collect a family inheritance.","This series includes five empty envelopes that contained letters by Sallie Dahmer postmarked from Little Sandusky, Ohio.","This series includes assorted legal papers belonging to Miles Dahmer, including materials regarding a land dispute and Dahmer's career in the Pendleton County School District.","This series includes assorted legal papers, including material regarding land and the Last Will and Testament of Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Miles Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted printed material, including an early pocket interest mathematical table, an account and memorandum book, etc.","This series includes a group portrait of a Confederate veterans reunion and photographs of a Miles Dahmer exhibit.","This series includes Civil War artifacts, including several belts, an Eagle Head Sabre, and other pieces of a Confederate officer's uniform. 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(Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2)  \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a)  \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b)  \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4)  \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5)  \nSeries 6. 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(Note: Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters found in this collection.)","These letters regard family news and the local news of Upper Tract, West Virginia.","Five of these letters are from Noah and Emily Harman, friends and neighbors of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, regarding the local news of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. Two are from friends in the state of Iowa and Upper Tract, West Virginia."," Four of these letters are from Noah Harman, a neighbor of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, discussing legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. The remaining five letters are from a County Clerk regarding the disposition of Dahmer's Kansas land.","This series includes a transcription of marriage contract between \"George Dachemer\" and \"Nancy Skidmore\" of 1810 provided by the Clerk of Pendleton County.","This series includes two letters from Emily Harman regarding Miles Dahmer, life in Grasshopper Falls, produce prices, and other topics.","These letters concern primarily the efforts of Sallie Dahmer to collect a family inheritance.","This series includes five empty envelopes that contained letters by Sallie Dahmer postmarked from Little Sandusky, Ohio.","This series includes assorted legal papers belonging to Miles Dahmer, including materials regarding a land dispute and Dahmer's career in the Pendleton County School District.","This series includes assorted legal papers, including material regarding land and the Last Will and Testament of Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Miles Dahmer.","This series includes assorted bills and receipts of Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer.","This series includes assorted printed material, including an early pocket interest mathematical table, an account and memorandum book, etc.","This series includes a group portrait of a Confederate veterans reunion and photographs of a Miles Dahmer exhibit.","This series includes Civil War artifacts, including several belts, an Eagle Head Sabre, and other pieces of a Confederate officer's uniform. 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In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2)  \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a)  \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b)  \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4)  \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5)  \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6)  \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8)  \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9)  \nSeries 9. 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(Note: Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters found in this collection.)","These letters regard family news and the local news of Upper Tract, West Virginia.","Five of these letters are from Noah and Emily Harman, friends and neighbors of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, regarding the local news of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. Two are from friends in the state of Iowa and Upper Tract, West Virginia."," Four of these letters are from Noah Harman, a neighbor of Miles Dahmer when he had been in Kansas, discussing legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. Noah had been an acquaintance of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas. 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