A&M 0048William Reynolds Diary, May-July, 1841 A&M 0048Staff 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 07:32:36 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center William Reynolds Diary Reynolds, William A&M 0048 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2380 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder) May-July, 1841 Extracts from a diary of a tour of the eastern states by a resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania, with descriptions of travel through Greenbrier, Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties, (West) Virginia. Subjects covered include descriptions of buildings, as well as musings about diversions and people of various U.S. cities, including Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. (where Reynolds attended a session of Congress and heard Clay, Calhoun and Buchanan), Richmond, Charlottesville (he visited Monticello), Charleston, and a number of smaller Virginia cities. There are also descriptions of "natural wonders", including Weirs Cave, Devil's Bake Oven, the Natural Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, and Kanawha Falls. 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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Baltimore (Md.) Boston (Mass.) Cabell County (W. Va.) Charleston. Charlottesville (Va.) Devil's Bake Oven. Fayette County (Pa.) Greenbrier County (W. Va.) Harrisburg (Pa.) Kanawha County (W. Va.) Kanawha Falls. Monticello (Va.) Natural Bridge (Va.) New York (State) Philadelphia (Pa.) Pittsburgh (Pa.) Richmond (Va.) Washington (D.C.) Weirs Cave. White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) Diaries and journals. Travel accounts. United States. Congress Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Reynolds, William