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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henshaw Family Correspondence, A&M 0730, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Personal correspondence written to members of the Hiram and Mary Henshaw family of Mill Creek, Berkeley County, West Virginia,
from their relatives between 1825 and 1876. Letters from the 1820s to 1840s are chiefly written from Sarah McConnell and William
McConnell in Washington County, Virginia, to their sister, Mary Henshaw, and her children, Martha Henshaw Silver and James
Henshaw. Topics include news about family activities, health issues, finances, education, gardening, and other household chores.
Several letters from the late 1840s and early 1850s are from David Miller to his sister, Nancy Henshaw, and contain news about
family relationships, deaths and family estates, and moving to California. Three letters from James McConnell to Martha Henshaw
Silver in 1861 discuss the beginning of the Civil War and concern for family in the northern part of what will become West
Virginia. Several letters from the late 1860s and 1876 are from Sarah McConnell, Rebecca Park, and Peter and Ellen Black.
Topics chiefly include health, financial issues, household arrangements, and news of family and friends. Other correspondents
include Isabella Henshaw, Sarah McKown, and D.C. McConnell. Collection also includes undated and unsigned letters; a 1786
land patent for Samuel Beall and an 1826 executor's account of an estate settlement.
Form: Manuscript; Persons: Samuel Beall; Places: Jefferson County, [likely VA, now WV]; Subjects: Survey and plot
1786
Form: Manuscript; Persons: John MacNerney of John Parks; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Receipt
1809
Form: Manuscript; Persons: Elanor Crossan [sic, deceased] and Hiram Henshaw, executor; Places: Berkeley County, VA [now WV];
Subjects: Executor's account of estate settlement
1825
Form: Newspaper clipping; Persons: C.W. Keesecker; Places: Berkeley County, VA [now WV]; Subjects: "Keesecker Purchases Old
Chapman Place"
undated
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: William McConnell; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County,
VA [now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Sara McConnell; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County, VA
[now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Sarah McKown; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County, VA [now
WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Isabella Henshaw; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County,
VA [now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Elias Davison; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County, VA
[now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Elizabeth B. Payne; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County,
VA [now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Alexander L. Hamilton; Places: Mostly Mill Creek, Berkeley County,
VA [now WV]; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: David A. Miller; Places: Long Branch, MS; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Joseph H. Miller; Places: Turkey Creek, Monroe County, WV; Subjects:
Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Lou Showalter; Places: Louisiana; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: James S. McConnell; Places: Washington County, VA; Subjects: Personal
correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: D.C. McConnell; Places: Abingdon, VA; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Ellen Black; Places: Philadelphia, PA; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: William G. White; Places: Union, Boone County, KY; Subjects: Personal
correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Delia Park; Places: Red Oak, [state unknown]; Subjects: Personal
correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Peter Black; Places: Johnstown/Chambersburg, PA; Subjects: Personal
correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Rebecca C. Park; Places: Union, Boone County, KY; Subjects: Personal
correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Correspondence -- Autographed letter signed; Persons: Mary C. Tobb; Places: Harrisonburg, VA; Subjects: Personal correspondence
ca. 1825-1876
Form: Manuscript, envelopes, and itemized statement; Persons: Col. John W. Stewart to N.S. Slaill; Places: No place listed;
Subjects: Oath of office, poetry, and prose -- "A Trip to Rocky Marsh"
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