Johnson, Charles, A Narrative Attending his Capture, etc., by the Indians on the Ohio River in 1790. New York, 1827. Jones, Rev. David, A Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the west side of the River Ohio in the year 1772-1773. New York, 1865. Kennedy, John P., Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt. Philadelphia, 1849. Valuable so far as it treats of the Trial of Burr and Blennerhassett. Kercheval, Samuel, A History of the Valley of Virginia. Winchester, 1833. Knight, Doctor, and John Slover, Narrative of their Perils and Sufferings among the Indians during the Revolutionary War. Cincinnati, 1867. Laidley, W. S., The First Settlement in West Virginia. Charleston, 1900. Lang, Theodore F., Loyal West Virginia. Baltimore, 1895. Leech, Samuel V., The John Brown Raid into Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va., 1900. Lanman, Charles, Letters from the Alleghany Mountains. New York, 1849. Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia. Philadelphia, 1889. Lewis, Capt. Charles, Journal, 1755, relating to the South Branch and vicinity. Lough, Myron C.. Early Education in West Virginia. 1900-manuscript. McClellan, Gen. G. B. McClellan's Own Story. McKnight, Charles, Old Fort Duquesne, or Captain Jack' the Scout. Pittsburg, 1873. A romance containing much fact. Interesting for young readers. McKnight, Charles, Simon Girty. 1880. McKnight, Charles, Our Western Border. Philadelphia. McMechen, James B., Legends of the Ohio Valley. Wheeling. 1881. Maury, M. F. and Wm. M. Fontaine, Resources of West Virginia. Wheeling, 1876. Maxwell, Hu, History of Tucker County. Kingwood, 1884. Maxwell, Hu, History of Barbour County. Morgantown, 1899. Maxwell, Hu. History of Randolph County. Morgantown, 1898. Maxwell, Hu, and Howard L. Swisher, History of Hampshire County. Morgantown, 1897. Mayer, Brantz, Tah-Gah-Jute, or Logan and Captain Michael Cresap. Meade, Bishop, old Churches and Families of Virginia. 2 vol., Philadelphia, 1878. Meyers, R. C. V., Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel. Philadelphia, 1889. Mooney, James, The Siouan Tribes of the East. 1894. Morgan, Benjamin S. and J. F. Cork, Columbian History of Education in West Virginia. Charleston, 1893. Munn, S. W., Information for Oil Men. Mannington, W. Va., 1900. Newton, J. H., G. G. Nichola and A. C. Sprankle, A History of the Pan-Handle. Wheeling, 1879. Parker, Granville, The Formation of the State of West Virginia. Wellsburg. Parkman, Francis, The Conspiracy of Pontiac. Parkman, Francis, a Half Century of Conflict. 2 vols. Parkman, Francis, Frontiers of France in the New World. Parton, James, Life of Aaron Burr. Boston. Valuable so far as treating of the Blennerhassett incident. Pencil, Mark, Esq., The White Sulphur Papers or Life at the Springs of West Peyton, J. Lewis, History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, 1882.1 Rice, Franklin P., The Life of Eli Thayer. In preparation. Will give an account of the founding of Ceredo by an industrial settlement. Richardson, Robert, Memoirs of Alexander Campbell. Philadelphia, 1868. Reeves, Dr. James E., The Health and Wealth of the City of Wheeling. Baltimore, 1871. Roosevelt, Theodore, The Winning of the West. 1896. Safford, William H., The Blennerhasset Papers. Cincinnati, 1864. Safford, William H., The Life of Herman Blennerhassett. Cincinnati, 1853. Schweinitz, Edmund de, The Life and Times of David Zeisberger, the Western Sharpe, Gov., Correspondence from 1753, to 1761. 2 vols. Published 1890 by the Maryland Historical Society. Shaw, S. C., Historical Sketches of the Life and Character of Hon. Jacob Beeson, an Early Pioneer of Wood County, and his Descendants. Parkersburg, 1881. Shaw, S. C., Captain Joseph Cook, one of the Early Pioneers of Wood County Parkersburg Shaw, S. C., Sketches of Wood County, W. Va. Parkersburg, 1878. Sloane, W. M., The French War and the Revolution. Sparks, Jared, Letters of Benjamin Franklin. 8 vols. Contains information of Political movements, Indians, etc., bearing on West Virginia History. Sparks, Jared, Letters of Washington. 8 vols. Contain many references to West Virginia affairs. Stearns, Frank P. (Editor), John Brown. By Dr. Hermann Von Holst. Boston. 1889. Stobo, Major Robert, of the Virginia Regiment, Memoirs. Pittsburg, 1854. Strother, David Hunter, Blackwater Chronicles. New York, 1853. Sutton, J. J., History of the Second Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers. Taylor, James B., Lives of the Virginia Baptist Ministers. Richmond, 1858. Toner, J. M., Journal of George Washington to the West, 1754. Albany, 1883. Toner, J. M., Journey of George Washington Over the Mountains, 1747-8. Albany, 1892. Turner, Frederick, J., Western State-Making in the Revolutionary Era. In American Historical Review, vols. I and II. United States, Census Reports from 1790 to 1890. United States, Reports and Bulletins of the Ethnological Bureau. They give valuable data concerning the Indians who formerly occupied the region embracing West Virginia. United States, Geological Survey. The most valuable publications from 'this source as far as West Virginia is concerned are the following: Topographical Maps covering the State, except the northwestern one-third. the Piedmont Folio, Harper's Ferry Folio. Pocahontas Folio, Staunton Folio Franklin Folio and Buckhannon Folio. United States, Records of the Rebellion, published by the War Department. They contain official reports of Federal and Confederate officers, and are valuable as a record of occurrences affecting West Virginia during the Civil War. 106 volumes United States, Forest Trees of North America, 1890. Van Meter, Isaac. Journey to Ohio in 1800, Manuscript, Von Holst, H., Constitutional and Political History of the United States. 8 vols. Veech, James, The Monongahela of Old. Pittsburg, 1858-1892. Venable, W. H., Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati, 1888. Vernon, Alexander T., History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County. Hagerstown, Md., n. d. Waddell, Joseph H., Annals of Augusta County. Wade, Alexander L., A Graduating System for Country Schools. Boston, 1881. Walker, Dr. Thomas, Journal of an Exploration in the Spring of 1750 in Western Virginia, etc. Boston, 1888. Warner, Zebedee, The Life and Labors of Reverend Jacob Bachtel. Dayton, 1868. A good account of ministerial work in West Virginia in early times. Washington, George, Tour to the Ohio in 1770. Washington, George, Letter to Benjamin Harrison, 1784. Webb, Richard D., The Life and Letters of Captain John Brown. London, 1861. White and Allen, Laws and Ordinances of the City of Wheeling. Wheeling, 1891. White, Israel Charles, Origin of the High Terrace Deposits of the Monongahela River. From the American Geologist, Vol. XVIII, Dec., 1896. White, Israel Charles, The Mannington Oil Field and the History of its Development. Bulletin of the Geological Soc. of Am, Rochester, 1892. White, Israel Charles, The Pittsburg Coal Bed. Salem, Mass., 1897. White, Israel Charles, West Virginia Geological Survey. Vol. I. Morgantown, 1899. White. H. A., Life of Robert E. Lee. Contains information concerning the Cheat Mountain campaign in 1861. Wiley, Samuel T., History of Monongalia County. Kingwood, 1883. Wiley, Samuel T., History of Preston County. Kingwood, 1881. Willey, Waitman T., The Redintegration of Virginia (An Open Letter). Washington, 1866. Willey, Waitman T., Life of Philip Doddridge. A Sketch. Morgantown, 1875. Winsor, Justin, The Mississippi Basin. Winsor, Justin, History of America. 8 vols. Winsor, Justin, The Westward Movement. Wise, Barton H., The Life of Henry A. Wise, New York, 1899. Withers, Alexander S., Chronicles of Border Warfare. Edited by R, G. Thwaites, Whittlesey, Charles, The Grave Creek Inscribed Stone. 1879. PUBLICATIONS OF SOCIETIES. Cleveland, 1888. 1890. New York. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. 15 vols. Edited by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan and Berthold Fernow. Has many documents of importance to West Virginia. Ohio. Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly. 3 vols. Columbus, 1888-91. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philad., 1887-Pennsylvania Archives. First series, 12 vols.; second series, 19 vols. ; third series, 26 vols. Virginia Historical Society, Collections. 11 vols. Richmond, 1882-1892. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Richmond, 1893. West Virginia Historical Society Proceedings. Vol. I, part I. Morgantown, 1871. West Va. Historical and Antiquarian Society. Publications and Manuscripts, Charleston. Has some valuable but unclassified and unpublished documents. Southern Historical Magazine. Vol, I, nos. i-vi; II, i. Charleston, 1892. STATE LAWS AND DOCUMENTS. A complete list of the public laws, documents, and records consulted in the preparation of this book is too bulky to be inserted in full, A Bibliography of the State Publications of West Virginia, by Richard Ellsworth Fast, has been accepted for publication in a work now on the press, entitled "State Publications," compiled under the editorial direction of Mr. R. R. Bowker of the Publisher's Weekly, New York. This book when published will be a complete guide to the State publications from 1863 to 1900. A few of the most important State publications are therefore noticed here. VIRGINIA. Hening, William Waller, The Statutes-at-Large being a collection of all the Laws of Virginia (1619-1792). 13 vols. Philadelphia and New York, 1823. Shepherd, Samuel, The Statutes-at-Large of Virginia, 1792-1806. 3 vols. Richmond, 1836. Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1806 to 1861. Richmond. Ordinances of the Convention at Wheeling. 1861. Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia. 4 vols. Wheeling, 1861-1863. Sundry Journals, Messages and accompanying documents of Virginia from 1776 to the present time. WEST VIRGINIA. Messages and Documents, 1863-1899. 23 vols. Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia, 1863-1899. 25 vols. House Journals and Documents, 1863-1899. 28 vols. Senate Journals and Documents, 1863-1899. 27 volumes. Adjutant-General's Reports, 1865-6. MISCELLANEOUS. Poore, Ben Perley, The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the United States. 2 vols. Washington, 1877. Revised Statutes of the United States, and Supplements. - Report of the Commission to Locate the Sites of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Harrisburg, 1896. NEWSPAPERS. The use of newspapers as a source of historical material calls for mature judgment, the most acute discrimination, and the most careful criticism. When properly corroborated the sources of this character may be used to great advantage in the way of illustration, and in giving flavor to the narrative. A list of most of the older newspapers that are still published is appended, together with notices of some that are no longer printed. But it is impossible to note all that deserve a place, The Monongalia Gazette. 1803. This was the first paper in Virginia west of the The Spirit of Jefferson. New series 36 vols. Charles Town. Established, 1844. lished, 1849. The Wheeling Intelligencer, 49 vols. 1852. Wheeling. Shepherdstown. Estab The Richmond Examiner. Richmond, Va. The Point Pleasant Register 39 vols. Point Pleasant. 1862. The Barbour County Jeffersonian. Philippi. 1860. The Clarksburg Sun. Out of print. The Clarksburg Telegram. 40 vols. Clarksburg. 1861. The Morgantown Weekly Post. 37 vols. Morgantown. 1864. The New Dominion. Morgantown. 1876. The Pan-Handle News. Wellsburg. 33 vols. 1868. The State Journal. Parkersburg. 33 vol. 1867. The Preston County Journal. Kingwood, 34 vols. 1866. The Grafton Sentinal. 30 vols. Grafton. 1870. The West Virginia School Journal. 20 vols. Wheeling and Charleston. 1881. The Martinsburg Statesman. 31 vols. Martinsburg. 1870. The Fairmont Index. 27 vols. Fairmont. 1874. There are now over one hundred newspapers in West Virginia all of which are respositories of value to the discriminating local historian and antiquarian. |