Forms: Correspondence -- autographed letter signed; Persons: Henry Ruffner to "Father" [David Ruffner] (mentioned: Mr. Wilson, Mr. Embry (brewery owner) Rev. Joshua L. Wilson, Mr. Kemper, Mr. Steel, Mr. Lewis, Dr. Allison); Places: Cincinnati, OH to Kanawha Salt Works, VA [now WV], 1815

Scope and content:

Subjects: Itinerary of proposed travel in Kentucky and Tennessee [see History Room "Notes on a Tour to the West" Vol. 3]; churches (Presbyterian [session in Rockbridge, VA], preaching and ministers in Cincinnati, Methodist [number and description of ministers in Cincinnati, OH]); Cincinnati (comparison of moral conduct of citizens to those of Kanawha area, brewery fire, description [number of dwellings inhabited and building, population and expected increase], real estate sale and profit, woolen factory, glue factory); family affairs (health, finances, etc.)

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West Virginia University
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