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Creator Personal:: Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899.
Title:: To the people of Virginia : address and resolutions adopted at the Republican State Convention, held in Wheeling, May 2d, 1860. Letter from Frank Pierpont : a raking expose of the iniquities of the tax bill. Gradual emancipation : abstract from a memorial of the citizens of Augusta County, to the Richmond Convention of 1829, imploring them to take some steps looking to gradual emancipation.
Call Number:: P12052
Date:: [1860?]
Description:: Pamphlet. "Daily Intelligencer print., cor. Quincy and Main Sts., Wheeling."
Subject Corporate Names:: Republican Party (Va.). Convention (1860 : Wheeling)
Subject Meeting Names:: Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830)
Subject Topical:: Slavery--Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia., Taxation--West Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--United States., Slavery--West Virginia., Taxation--Virginia.
All:: Slavery--Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia., Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), Republican Party (Va.). Convention (1860 : Wheeling), Taxation--West Virginia., Slaves--Emancipation--West Virginia., Slavery--United States., Slavery--West Virginia., Taxation--Virginia.

$["Pamphlet. At head of title: [Doc. No. 1.]. \"F. H. Peirpont. Wheeling, Va., Dec.2, 1861.\""]$

Creator Personal:: Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899.
Title:: Governor's message.
Call Number:: P12053
Date:: 1861
Description:: Pamphlet. At head of title: [Doc. No. 1.]. "F. H. Peirpont. Wheeling, Va., Dec.2, 1861."
Subject Geographic:: Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Virginia--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Subject Topical:: Secession., Slavery--United States.
All:: Secession., Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Slavery--United States., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Virginia--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Creator Personal:: Willey, W. T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900.
Title:: Speech of Hon. W. T. Willey, of Virginia, on the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Call Number:: P18686
Date:: 1862
Description:: Pamphlet. "Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 20, 1862."
Subject Geographic:: United States--Politics and government--1815-1865.
Subject Topical:: Slavery--District of Columbia., Slavery--United States.
All:: Slavery--District of Columbia., Slavery--United States., United States--Politics and government--1815-1865.

Creator Personal:: Riccards, Michael P.
Title:: Lincoln and the political question : the creation of the state of West Virginia.
Call Number:: P21106
Date:: 1997
Description:: Journal article reprint from: Presidential Studies Quarterly, v.27:no.3 (1997:summer).
Subject Personal:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Subject Geographic:: Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subject Topical:: Secession., Slavery--United States.
All:: Secession., Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865., Slavery--United States.

Title:: Overview of the Ante Bellum Era in the Tri-State Area, 1810-1861 : Cabell and Wayne Counties, Virginia; Lawrence and Gallia Counties, Ohio and Greenup and Boyd Counties, Kentucky.
Call Number:: P21136
Date:: undated
Description:: Mimeograph of typescript. Handwritten on cover: by Alan Brant Gould, Professor of History, Marshall University.
Subject Geographic:: Wayne County (Ohio)--History--1815-1861., Wayne County (W. Va.)--History--1815-1861., Cabell County (W. Va.)--History--1815-1861., Greenup County (Ky.)--History--1815-1861., Boyd County (Ky.)--History--1815-1861., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Lawrence County (Ohio)--History--1815-1861;
Subject Topical:: Abolition movement--United States., Slavery--United States., Underground Railroad--Ohio.
All:: Wayne County (Ohio)--History--1815-1861., Wayne County (W. Va.)--History--1815-1861., Abolition movement--United States., Cabell County (W. Va.)--History--1815-1861., Greenup County (Ky.)--History--1815-1861., Boyd County (Ky.)--History--1815-1861., Slavery--United States., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Underground Railroad--Ohio., Lawrence County (Ohio)--History--1815-1861;

Creator Personal:: Willey, W. T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900.
Title:: Speech of Hon. W.T. Willey in the Senate of the United States, on the 25th day of March, 1864, on the proposition to amend the Constitution, forever prohibiting slavery in the United States.
Call Number:: P664
Date:: 1864
Description:: Pamphlet.
Subject Geographic:: United States--Politics and government--1815-1865.
Subject Topical:: Slavery--United States.
All:: Slavery--United States., United States--Politics and government--1815-1865.

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