West Virginia and Regional History Center
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
A&M 1188
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Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)
1784-1899
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes correspondence, legal documents, photocopies of printed material, and land grants. Subjects of the correspondence include West Virginia politics; the elections of 1840, 1860, and 1861; Reconstruction; the Flick Amendment; Southern sentiment in Clarksburg; and the location of the capital. Other papers deal with Indian scouting between the West Fork and Buckhannon Rivers during the Revolution; land speculation in Harrison and nearby counties; New York merchants and the Civil War; public schools in Shepherdstown, 1850; the Meade Collegiate Institute; Mount de Chantal Academy; Wheeling Female Seminary; the Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad; and the Virginia Debt Question. There are several items of correspondence of the Reverend John S. Martin which relate to Methodism in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C., particularly camp meetings, parish life and the slave question. There are also original and photocopied land grants signed by James Monroe, Edmund Randolph, Patrick Henry, and Henry Lee (late 1700s to early 1800s). Correspondents include Judge John J. Allen, Robert M.T. Hunter, Alexander Campbell, Judge E. J. Pitts, James A. Hall, W.P. Cooper, George W. Thompson, Judge Hugh W. Shuffey, Thomas Maslin, William E. Arnold, J. M. Mason, and Samuel D. Tompkins.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers, A&M 1188, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Related A&M Collections
1188, 1199, 1221, 1260, 1276, 1495, 1517, 1523, 1868
Separated Materials
Separated to Rare Signatures, A&M 435:
Land grant to George Arnold for 163 acres of land in Harrison County, issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia in May 1793, signed by governor Henry Lee.
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Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Harrison County (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Debts, Public -- Virginia
Debts, Public -- West Virginia
Election of 1840.
Election of 1848.
Election of 1860.
Election of 1868.
Lawyers - letters and papers.
Politics and government.
Railroads
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Methodism
Secession
Slavery
Transportation
West Virginia -- Capital and capitol
Women's schools.
Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad
Meadville Collegiate Institute (Wellsburg, Va.)
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851)
West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872)
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818