A&M 0638Fleming Family Papers A&M 0638Staff 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 07:38:36 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Fleming Family Papers Fleming family A&M 0638 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2948 5.8 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 2 1/2 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 item) 1810-1943 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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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Fleming Family Papers, A&M 0638, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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638, 644

Scope and Contents

Business and personal papers, pamphlets, clippings, and photographs of Benjamin Fleming (1806-1891), and his son Thurston Worth (b.1846), relating to various business enterprises carried on by the family in Fairmont. These included a large trade in manufacturing, importing and selling hats and furs, general merchandising, fertilizer and hardwood sales.

There are many letters and advertisements from eastern mercantile houses; bills of lading showing names of steamboats on the Ohio and Monongahela rivers; prices of current furs and skins; lottery advertisements from Delaware (1860) and Kentucky (1866); letters from family members attending schools in Morgantown (1863-1865); and correspondence reflecting Florence Fleming's interests in the W. Va. Humane Society and the placing of homeless children.

Writers of letters or persons mentioned include: David Fleming, Matthew Fleming, J. R. Moore, John McDonald, and W. T. Willey.

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Fairmont. Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) Morgantown (W. Va.) Ohio River Education Fur trade General stores Lumber trade Orphans and orphanages. Rivers and river valleys. Schools. SEE ALSO Academies Steamboats Transportation West Virginia Humane Society Fleming, Benjamin. Fleming, Florence. Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 Fleming family Fleming, Thurston Worth. Moore, J.R.