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Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers, 1850-1908 A&M 1451

Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers, 1850-1908 A&M 1451


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1451
Title
Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers 1850-1908
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198316
Quantity
3.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 3 ft. 7 1/2 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 account book, 1 1/2 in.)
Creator
McNeel, Isaac (b. 1830)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, legal and business papers, mercantile records and tax receipt books of Isaac McNeel, who operated a store at Edray and Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, served as sheriff of the county, operated a gristmill, raised livestock, and was appointed provost marshal of the county in 1862 by the Confederate Army. The collection also includes letters and school reports of McNeel's sons, Winters and Summers, while students at Washington and Lee and the Medical and Law Departments of the University of Virginia, 1893-1897. Other school material pertains to the Hillsboro Male and Female Academy and the Lewisburg Female Institute. Subjects include mercantile and cattle trade with Baltimore and Richmond; business conditions in the l850s and in Richmond during the Civil War; slave hiring; ginseng trade; agriculture; the American Party, 1855; Henry A. Wise; Virginia Secession Convention; effect of the Union blockade on Richmond commerce; speculation in whiskey, tobacco, and cattle during the Civil War; and postwar economic and political conditions in the Pocahontas County area.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Isaac McNeel (b.1830) Papers, A&M 1451, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Academies (Private schools)
  • Agriculture
  • American Party
  • American ginseng
  • Baltimore (Md.)
  • Confederate States of America - secession crisis.
  • General stores
  • Hillsboro Male and Female Academy
  • Lewisburg Female Institute (Lewisburg, W. Va.)
  • Livestock
  • McNeel, Isaac.
  • McNeel, Summers.
  • McNeel, Winters.
  • Mills and mill-work
  • Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
  • Politics and government.
  • Richmond (Va.)
  • Slaves and slavery.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Universities and colleges
  • University of Virginia.
  • Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861
  • Washington and Lee University
  • Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929
  • Women's schools.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • McNeel, Isaac (b. 1830)
  • McNeel, Isaac.
  • McNeel, Summers.
  • McNeel, Winters.
  • Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Baltimore (Md.)
  • Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
  • Richmond (Va.)
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861
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