<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/194926">A&amp;M 2332</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Pendleton County Manuscripts and Account Books, 1802-1902 <num>A&amp;M 2332</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 13:19:47 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <abstract id="aspace_d0e117b4609710fa61aa7fd99bcc4fbb">A collection of account, record, and minute books, as well as ledgers relating to the history of Franklin and Pendleton County, West Virginia. Included are account books belonging to George Hammer (1859-1889); a minute book of the Franklin Water Works (1845-1877); a Pendleton County tax book (1826); and a book of bonds for the administrators and executors of estates from 1802 to 1820. Included are letters to Mary M. Colaw, from relatives in Pendleton County, mainly concerning family news, social events, schooling, and the like.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pendleton County Manuscripts and Account Books, A&amp;M 2332, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96040713" source="lcsh">Franklin (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071529" source="lcsh">Pendleton County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber=" http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000413" source="lcsh">Account books</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Court records - Pendleton County.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Pendleton County - court records.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Pendleton County - manuscripts and account books.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Pendleton County - private account books.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Pendleton County - Tax book.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Tax book - Pendleton County.</subject>
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    <subject source="local">Women's letters and papers.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Franklin Water Works</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Town Council (Franklin, W. Va.)</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Colaw, Mary M.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87805488" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Hammer, George</persname>
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