A&M 2931Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal A&M 2931Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:19:34 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2023 September 5Title changed from "Lovebury Travel Journal" to "Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal" to properly reflect the journal's author. West Virginia and Regional History Center Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal Duke, William, 1757-1840 A&M 2931 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1034 0.01 Linear Feet 0.125 in. (19 pages, photostatic copies) 1789 Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the Episcopal Church, the Pennsylvania Dutch, travel, and folklore. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) Cumberland (Md.) Fort Cumberland. Georgetown. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) Maryland Monongalia County (W. Va.) Morgantown (W. Va.) Old Town. Potomac River Randolph County (W. Va.) Baptists Broadsides. Churches -- Episcopal Churches -- Methodist Churches -- Protestant Episcopal Diaries and journals. Episcopalians Folklore Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. German immigrants - Pennsylvania Germans. Methodism Ministers - letters and papers. Pennsylvania Dutch Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. Rivers and river valleys. Transportation Travel accounts. Frederick Town. Duke, William, 1757-1840