A&M 1363Eugene Levassor Papers, 1796-1894 A&M 1363Staff 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 07:55:20 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Eugene Levassor Papers Levassor, Eugene A&M 1363 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4611 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each) 1796-1894 Correspondence, business and legal papers, maps and printed materials of a French emigre, land speculator, and merchant from Cincinnati and Parkersburg. Subjects include Levassor's extensive landholdings in Kanawha, Lincoln, Jackson, Wood, Wirt, and Monongalia counties, and activities of his land agents; James Swann lands; the coming of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad to Parkersburg; the Panic of 1857 in that city; oil fever in the Wood County area, 1859-1866; and the activities of J.H. Diss Debar, West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration. Correspondents include J.H. Diss Debar, James M. Laidley, Charles Lisez, and Alexander Quarrier. 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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Jackson County (W. Va.) Kanawha County (W. Va.) Lincoln County (W. Va.) Monongalia County (W. Va.) Parkersburg. Wirt County (W. Va.) Wood County (W. Va.) French immigrants. Maps. Petroleum industry and trade Panic of 1857. Railroads - Northwestern Virginia Railroad. Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. Laidley, James M. Levassor, Eugene Lisez, Charles. Quarrier, Alexander. Swann, James.