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Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers

5.5 Linear Feet 5 ft. 6 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)

The papers of a prominent Lewisburg, Greenbrier County lawyer and politician, Samuel Price, who served numerous terms in the Virginia state legislature and was Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851, the Secession Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; and he completed the U. S. Senate term of Allen Caperton in 1876. The papers include correspondence relating to local and state politics, Price's law practice, slavery, the Civil War, land speculation, and railroads. Also included are files and ledgers documenting Price's legal and political activities as well as personal financial records. Among the prominent correspondents are the Civil War generals John Echols and Jubal Early (1872) as well as the following: G. D. Camden, Allen T. Caperton, Charles J. Faulkner, William Parker Foulke, David Goff, Henry M. Mathews, and H. O. Middleton.

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Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers 5.5 Linear Feet 5 ft. 6 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)

Price, Samuel, 1805-1884

The papers of a prominent Lewisburg, Greenbrier County lawyer and politician, Samuel Price, who served numerous terms in the Virginia state legislature and was Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851, the Secession Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; and he completed the U. S. Senate term of Allen Caperton in 1876. The papers include correspondence relating to local and state politics, Price's law practice, slavery, the Civil War, land speculation, and railroads. Also included are files and ledgers documenting Price's legal and political activities as well as personal financial records. Among the prominent correspondents are the Civil War generals John Echols and Jubal Early (1872) as well as the following: G. D. Camden, Allen T. Caperton, Charles J. Faulkner, William Parker Foulke, David Goff, Henry M. Mathews, and H. O. Middleton.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel Price, Politician, Papers

0 Linear Feet Summary: 61 pages (photocopies and transcripts)
Includes both transcriptions and photocopies of original manuscripts of Samuel Price's 1828 law license and an 1879 life history from his birth through 1866. Also included are transcriptions of newspaper articles and letters concerning Price's life and death, and his funeral service. Samuel Price was born July 28, 1805. He served as Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was president of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia in 1872, which framed the present day constitution. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which passed the ordinance of secession, but he did not vote for or sign the ordinance when it passed. He was also a member of the West Virginia State Legislature and a representative of West Virginia in the United States Senate. Price died February 25, 1884.
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Samuel Price, Politician, Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 61 pages (photocopies and transcripts)

Price, Samuel, 1805-1884
Includes both transcriptions and photocopies of original manuscripts of Samuel Price's 1828 law license and an 1879 life history from his birth through 1866. Also included are transcriptions of newspaper articles and letters concerning Price's life and death, and his funeral service. Samuel Price was born July 28, 1805. He served as Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was president of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia in 1872, which framed the present day constitution. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which passed the ordinance of secession, but he did not vote for or sign the ordinance when it passed. He was also a member of the West Virginia State Legislature and a representative of West Virginia in the United States Senate. Price died February 25, 1884.

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