JCHS Magazines

JCHS Magazines
Magazine Volume LXXV. December 2009

Magazine Volume LXXV. December 2009

John Brown Raid Issue, 1859-2009John Brown’s Raid – The Breaking Story: As reported from Harper’s Ferry. Compiled by Walter Washington+The Trial of John Brown (by Bushrod C. Washington,dated 1899). Preface by Gerald Lee Ward+John Brown Trial of 1859 and the Virginia Insanity Defense Laws Explored, by James Beckman+The Capture, Trial and Execution of John Anthony Copeland, Jr. and Shields Green, by Linda Murr and James TaylorCary Breckinridge Letter+Summer Picnic [Allstadt House and Ordinary]

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Magazine Volume LXXIV. December 2008

Magazine Volume LXXIV. December 2008

Happy Retreat 1945 to 1954, by Tom Fairbairn+“The Officers In General are exceedingly (sic)discontent…”, by P. Douglas Perks+Rebel in Iowa, by Randy Koch+The Conservation of the Chew Flag, 2005, by Susan M. Collins+Finding History: Brown-Shugart House, by Charity Beth Long+John F. Kennedy’s Speech at the Charles Town Race Track, by Walter Washington

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Magazine Volume LXXIII. December 2007

Magazine Volume LXXIII. December 2007

Ho, for California! The Charlestown Virginia Mining Company, by P. Douglas Perks+John Augustine Washington, III et al,by John A. Washington with photographs from Walter Washington+George Washington’s Lost Plantation, by Charlotte Fairbairn Crouch+James B. Washington: An Often-Forgotten One-Time Resident and Descendant of the George Washington Family in Jefferson County, by James A. BeckmanThe Portrait of Charles Washington, by John A. Washington+Summer Picnic [Happy Retreat]

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Magazine Volume LXXII. December 2006

Magazine Volume LXXII. December 2006

A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part Three: The Nineteenth Century, by Dan Everson+The Chapline Family Burial Ground, by Johanna Armstrong+Cornerstone of the Modern Civil Rights Era: The 1906+Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry, by P. Douglas Perks+The Search for the “Old Negroe Burying Ground,” by Carmen Creamer+Notes and Sources: Manumission Papers, contributed by Carmen Creamer+Summer Picnic [Millbrook]

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Magazine Volume LXXI. December 2005

Magazine Volume LXXI. December 2005

A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part Two: The Federal Period, by Dan Everson+The Correspondence of Bettie Brittian Koonce,September 1862, contributed by William L. Brockner+Thomas J. Clark and James A. Clark, CSA by Janice Cox Brown+Notes and Sources Section:The Shepherds Town Academy, contributed by Earl Jackson White House Farm by Carmen Creamer

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Magazine Volume LXX. December 2004

Magazine Volume LXX. December 2004

A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part One: The Colonial Era, by Dan Everson+Storer College and its Role in Assisting African Americans in Securing Homes in Jefferson County, by James A. Beckman+Page-Jackson High School by James Taylor+Jefferson County Ironworks by David G. Allen+Extracting iron in Jefferson County by Stanley Dickinson

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Magazine Volume LXIX. December 2003

Magazine Volume LXIX. December 2003

Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Flowing Springs Mill, by William D. Updike+The Washington’s of Jefferson County, Interview of John A. Washington by James T. Surkamp+The Railroad at Potomac Cliffs, Shepherdstown, compiled by John E. Stealey II+Tudor Hall, by Mrs. John Philip Creamer III

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Magazine Volume LXVIII. December 2002

Magazine Volume LXVIII. December 2002

The Freedmen’s Bureau in West Virginia, by Stealey, John E. III+“Charles Town’s Initiative” The Building of Old Charles Town Library and Civic Center, 1965, by Susan M. Collins+Picnic: Aspen Pool Farm, by Wendy Kedzierski

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Magazine Volume LXVII. December 2001

Magazine Volume LXVII. December 2001

Jefferson County Post Offices, by Wilford Burke+John H. Fox: A Remarkable Man, by Elsie Hamstead+History of the Blessing Property, by James Taylor+Jefferson County Historic Road Markers, compiled by Carmen W. Creamer+The Jefferson County Bicentennial Celebration, by Carmen W. Creamer+Picnic [Belle Vue]

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Magazine Volume LXVI. December 2000

Magazine Volume LXVI. December 2000

Growing Up In Charles Town: History and Memory, by Saul Viener+Charles Town Resident Nathaniel Willis Washington,by Gerald Lee Ward+David Keplinger of Shepherdstown and His Descendants, by Joyce Ann McKee Jackson+Minutes of the First Meeting of the Jefferson County Historical Society, compiled by Carmen Creamer+Trivia—Imboden’s Dash Into Charlestown,October 1863+Summer Picnic [Morgan’s Grove Park]+AnnouncementBoard Resolution

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Magazine Volume LXV. December 1999

Magazine Volume LXV. December 1999

Woodlawn: Davenport to Wiltshire. Jeremy Lazelle+George Schoppert of Harper’s Ferry: Assassin orPatriot? October 18, 1859+History of Bellevue. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Bessie) Lemen+Criswell‘To Be More Than Equal’: Martin Delany, 1812-1884.By James Surkamp+Twenty, First Cousins in the Civil War. VivianPark SnyderTrivia [(1) Letter – Edwin E. Cooke to D.C. Wirt, 14+October 1865+Reception Picnic – by John E. Stealey, III [Springdale]

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Magazine Volume LXIV. December 1998

Magazine Volume LXIV. December 1998

The Rion Hall of My Youth, by Frederica Holmes Trapnell+Escape from Harpers Ferry: The Personal Narrative of Owen Brown (by Ralph Keeler), introduction and notes, by Cecil D. Eby+Annual Picnic held at Leeland

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Magazine Volume LXIII. December 1997

Magazine Volume LXIII. December 1997

Jefferson County Admiral - Julian Lane Latimer, by Cecil D. Eby+Roy Hooe - Charles Town’s Pioneer Aviator, by Cecil D. Eby+Shepherdstown Sixty or Seventy Years Ago: Boyhood and Other Reminiscences, by D.C. Gallaher+Bibliographical Reference ― Reverend Mr.James Lemen, 1760-1823+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Elmwood]+Book Note

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Magazine Volume LXII. December 1996

Magazine Volume LXII. December 1996

The Story of the Jefferson County Courthouse, by Judge David Hartley Sanders+Hite v. Fairfax and the Case of Terrapin Neck, by Elizabeth H. Hyman+Fragments of a Diary of Shepherdstown - Events During the War 1861-5+Trivia [Charles Town Is One of the Thriving Little Cities of West Virginia]+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Altona]

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Magazine Volume LXI. December 1995

Magazine Volume LXI. December 1995

A Shepherdstown Tragedy, compiled by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe+The Gibson House, Shepherdstown, contributed by Audrey EgleSlave Census of 1850, Jefferson County, (West)Virginia, compiled by Hugh E. Voress and Robert E. Allen+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Hazelfield]

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Magazine Volume LX. December 1994

Magazine Volume LX. December 1994

Some Lucases of Jefferson County, by Frederica Holmes Trapnell+House and Garden Tours, 1968-1994, by MaryAnnWhite Morgan+Trivia - A Friend in Need+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Beallair]

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Magazine Volume LIX. December 1993

Magazine Volume LIX. December 1993

Recollections of Richard D. Rutherford, edited by Cecil D. Eby+A Woman’s Recollections of Antietam, by Mary Bedinger Mitchell (Mary Blunt), edited by James T. Surkamp+Trivia – Charles Broadway Rouss Memorial Hall+Independent Fire Company+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore[Claymont Court]

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Magazine Volume LVIII. December 1992

Magazine Volume LVIII. December 1992

Shepherdstown and The Morgan-Stephenson Companies, 1775-1988, by Joseph Whitehorne+Rion Hall and Daniel Bedinger Lucas, by Virginia Lucas,1871-1929+Grubb-Conway House, Circa 1762, by Mrs. Thomas C.G. Coyle and Patricia PerezAn English Reporter in the Valley, 1865, edited by CecilD. Eby+Charles Town Celebrates Its First Two Hundred Years,by Hugh E. Voress+Summer Picnic [Ripon Lodge]

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Magazine Volume LVII. December 1991

Magazine Volume LVII. December 1991

Rezin Davis Shepherd, III (R.D. MacLean): He Loved Shakespeare as His Life, by Jack Peyrouse+The Jones Family – Stonemasons of Shepherdstown, by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe and Marianne Johnson+Provenance of the Twenty-Five Confederate Battle-Markers, by John E. Stealey, III

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Magazine Volume LV. December 1989

Magazine Volume LV. December 1989

Summer Picnic [The Hill]+Powder, Lead, and Cold Steel: Campaigning in the Lower Shenandoah Valley with the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry – The Civil War Letters ofJohn H. Black, edited by David J. Coles and Stephen D. Engle

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Magazine Volume LIV. December 1988

Magazine Volume LIV. December 1988

They Are Coming!”: Testimony at the Court of Inquiryon Imboden’s Capture of Charles Town, edited byPaul E. Barr, Jr., and Michael P. Musick+Making It on Seventy-Five Acres (Part Two): Letters by Mrs. John M. Daniel from 1892 to 1900, edited by Richard Micou+The Civil War Recollections of Cleon Moore, edited byLouis Santucci+Eye-Witness Account of the Hanging of John Brown, edited by Eleanor Lee Templeman+Summer Picnic

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Magazine Volume LIII. December 1987

Magazine Volume LIII. December 1987

Charles Aglionby of Mount Pleasant and the Years 1861 to 1865, by Francis Aglion+Daniel EImwood-on-the Opequon, Leetown: A Memoir, by George H. Bowers+The Conklyn Brothers and their Furniture by Nancy C. Coyle+Summer Picnic [Rion Hall]

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Magazine Volume LII. December 1986

Magazine Volume LII. December 1986

A Reconstruction Philippic: George Alfred Townsend’s Visit to Jefferson County, 1869, edited byCecil D. Eby+The Weis Pottery and the Genealogy of the Potters,by Clyde D. Morton+The Potts-Hobart Correspondence: The Local IronIndustry in the 1790’s, by William D. Theriault+The Halltown Chapel, by Betty Davis+The Historic Shepherdstown Commission,by Ben MillerTrivia [The Wonders of Charles Town]Summer Picnic [Richwood Hall]

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Magazine Volume LI. December 1985

Magazine Volume LI. December 1985

The Execution of Ebenezer Cox, by Cecil D. Eby+Narrative of a John Brown Pilgrim, by Cecil D. Eby+Fragrance of Violets, by Claire Schley Goulding+History of Bakerton, by William D. Theriault+Shepherdstown Graded School, by John E. Stealey, Ill+September 6 Celebration+Summer Picnic [Beallair]+Rumsey Bicentennial

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Magazine Volume L. December 1984

Magazine Volume L. December 1984

History of Friend’s Orebank and Keeptryst Furnace, by William D. Theriault+Abraham Davenport, Sr. (1714-1789), by Kevan Davenport+White Plumes and Cornstalks: Jefferson County’s Pre-War Militia (1858-1861), by Dennis E. Frye+Jefferson County’s Two Lost Municipal Corporations,by John Stroud Kusner+Summer Picnic [Fruit Hill]Historic Shepherdstown Commission, by Ben MillerSociety Speakers at Spring and Fall Meetings

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Magazine Volume XLIX. December 1983

Magazine Volume XLIX. December 1983

The Town Clock: The Origins of Shepherd College, by Don C. Wood+Colonel Lawson Botts, C. S. A., by Frederica H. Trapnell+Evidence of the Jefferson County Hendricks Family in Early American Records, by Marilyn Stoll Coalla+The Miner’s Treason Trial: A Photograph of Note, by Mrs. B. Frank Humston and Mrs. C. William Moore+Summer Picnic [Arcadia]+Historic Shepherdstown Commission,by Mr. Ben Miller+Thornton T. Perry, II, Room, Old Charles TownLibrary, Inc.

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Magazine Volume XLVIII. December 1982

Magazine Volume XLVIII. December 1982

The Valley Chess Club, by John A.Washington, M.D.+Fredericka White’s Testament of Faith, edited by Frederica H. Trapnell+Simple Inscriptions and Sentiment Tell the Impressive Tale: Letters of General Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Fontaine Washington, edited by John E. Stealey, III,Ph.D.+Summer Picnic [Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.Blackwell Davis]

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Magazine Volume XLVI. December 1980

Magazine Volume XLVI. December 1980

Middleway Issue+Dr. Stealey New President Middleway Symposium+Story of Early Smithfield+The Churches of Smithfield+Turkey Spring, Lake Louisa or Big Spring+Mollie Pultz, Confederate SpyJefferson County Landmarks Commission [Middleway]Album of Historic Homes XVIII – Beverley+The Norborne Church’s South Door+Charles Town Landmarks Commission+Shepherdstown Landmarks Commission+Summer Picnic [Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.Blackwell Davis]New Publications INSERT: Bird’s Eye View of Middleway

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DOUBLE ISSUE! Volume XLV. December 1979

DOUBLE ISSUE! Volume XLV. December 1979

Dr. William J. Barnhart+Richard Edmonston Venning, M.D. and Charles Town’s First Hospital+Shepherdstown Is Active in Preservation+Charles Town Historic Landmarks Commission+Pride in Action+Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission+The Priest Field Pastoral Center and the Summer Picnic+Book Notes+Additions to the Society’s Library and Archives+Index to Map of Jefferson County, Virginia, by S.Howell Brown

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Magazine Volume XLIV. December 1978

Magazine Volume XLIV. December 1978

The 1870 Flood+A Look Back at Claymont Court+Album of Historic Homes XVII – Southwood Spring+Charles Town Historic Landmarks Commission

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Magazine Volume XLIII. December 1977

Magazine Volume XLIII. December 1977

The Stages of Development of West Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Counties:A Preliminary Sketch+The Wilson House in Charles Town+The Building of The New County Jail In 1872-73+The Graves of Charles and Mildred Washington+Test Excavation of the Charles and Mildred+Washington Grave Site+Editor’s Comment+The First Fifty Years of the Jefferson County Historical Society 1927-1977+Remarks of Henry W. Morrow on The Occasionof The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Jefferson County Society May 21, 1977

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Magazine Volume XLII. December 1976

Magazine Volume XLII. December 1976

Pre-Revolutionary Structures and Sites inJefferson County+Locust Ridge-Stone Haven+Aspen Pool+Fairfax Grant Farm+George Washington Masonic Cave+Alexandria and Warm Spring Road+Old Norborne Parish (Part I)+Bicentennial Events in Jefferson County+Charles Town+Harpers Ferry+Bolivar+Shepherdstown+Recent Additions to the Society’s Archives+New Books

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Magazine Volume XLI. December 1975

Magazine Volume XLI. December 1975

Pre-Revolutionary Structures and Sites In Jefferson County+Ruins of the English Church(St. George’s Chapel)+Harewood Manor House Outbuildings+Stone Kitchen at Happy Retreat+Stone Buildings at Beverly+Shepherdstown Area+Bellevue+Stone House at Fruit Hill+Springwood+Stone House at Morgan’s Spring+Springdale+General Darke Site+Peter Burr House+Kearneysville-Leetown Area+Traveler’s Rest+Prato Rio+Summit Point Area+Head Spring

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Magazine Volume XL. December 1974

Magazine Volume XL. December 1974

Famous Confederate Flag+Chew’s Flying Battery+Damage to the Court House and Jail during the Civil War+Tall Clocks Made by Jacob Craft+HazelfieldTombstone Inscriptions IX+Historic Preservation+Summer Meetings+The Magazine in 1975

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Magazine Volume XXXIX. December 1973

Magazine Volume XXXIX. December 1973

My Ride to the Barbecue+Historic Preservation ― A Progress Report+Architectural-Historic Survey+West Virginia Senate Bill No. 421+County Listings on the National Register for Historic Preservation

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Magazine Volume XXXVIII. December 1972

Magazine Volume XXXVIII. December 1972

Historic Preservation ― A Progress Report+Jefferson County’s Forty-Niners+Diary of Susan Wood Keyes+From the Account Book of Mathew Frame+Harewood Residents since Samuel Washington+Notes on Richard B. Washington and the Last Yearsat Blakeley and ClaymontDr. Howard B. Allen+Books and Book Reviews

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Magazine Volume XXXVII. December 1971

Magazine Volume XXXVII. December 1971

D. KenamondTraveller’s Rest+Diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler+John Yates and Jefferson’s Many Schools+Background of Beall-Air+The Curtilege of Rion Hall+Of Interest to Members+Historic Preservation+Index to Tombstone Inscriptions,Zion Episcopal Churchyard

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Magazine Volume XXXVI. December 1970

Magazine Volume XXXVI. December 1970

Album of Historic Homes XVI - Richwood Hall+Samuel Washington+A Petition for the Formation of Jefferson County+Specifications for Planting Orchards in Early Leases+George Washington’s Lease to Jacob Fry+Dry Wall Stone Fences ― The Fence at Altona+Of Interest to Members+Book Review ― On This Rock

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Magazine Volume XXXV. December 1969

Magazine Volume XXXV. December 1969

William L. Wilson, Patriot,Politician and College President+Mr. Jex Presents Painting to the Society+Northern Virginia Agriculture in 1791+Tombstone Inscriptions VI (Part 2) -Zion Church Yard

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Magazine Volume XXXIV. December 1968

Magazine Volume XXXIV. December 1968

Album of Historic Homes XV - Belvedere+THE ANNUAL SPRING MEETING+Diary of Thomas Keyes Humphreys 1811 - 1851+Memoirs of Jennie Love Forrest Richardson

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Magazine Volume XXXIII. December 1967

Magazine Volume XXXIII. December 1967

The Fortieth Anniversary+Additional Notes on the Diary of James Woodberry Boyden+Album of Historic Homes XIV Cassilis+House and Garden Tours+Jefferson County Personal Property Tax+List of 1800+Publications of Regional Interest+Dunaway General Store at Strawberry Banke

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Magazine Volume XXXII. December 1966

Magazine Volume XXXII. December 1966

Diary of James Woodberry Boyden,August 1837-July 1838+Notes for the Diary

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Magazine Volume XXXI. December 1965

Magazine Volume XXXI. December 1965

S. Howell Brown, The Man and His Maps+Charlestown, Charles Town or Charleston+The Founding of St. Peter’s Church, Shepherdstown+The Hite Families in Jefferson County+Jacob Hite and Immediate Family+John Hite, Oldest Son of Jacob+Thomas Hite, Second Son of Jacob+James Hite, 1776-1855+George Hite, Youngest Son of Jacob+Hite-Willis Descendants+Thomas Hite Willis, 1800-1884+Nathaniel Hite Willis, 1842-1914+The Kenamonds of Shepherdstown+Rare Books Recently Acquired by the Society

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Magazine Volume XXX. December 1964

Magazine Volume XXX. December 1964

The County’s Shakespearean Actor+Iron Industry in Jefferson County+Old Schools of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar+Turner School+Gunstock Fence, Sheetz Place+General Horatio Gates+General Horatio Gates’s Traveler’s Rest+General Charles Lee+General Charles Lee’s Prato Rio+New Roadside Markers+Items from Farmer’s Repository, 1812+Daily Intelligencer, Washington, 1823+Farmer’s Repository, 1825+Virginia Free Press, 1838+Virginia Free Press, 1842+Virginia Free Press, 1843

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Magazine Volume XXIX. December 1963

Magazine Volume XXIX. December 1963

Album of Historic Homes XIII+Glenburnie or Glenn Burnie+The Chapline-Shenton House+Esta Burton Hilleary Museum+Historical Society’s Library+Recent Books of County Interest

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Magazine Volume XXVIII. December 1962

Magazine Volume XXVIII. December 1962

Album of Historic Homes XII+The Robert Harper House+The Franks’ “Baker House”+Woman’s Suffrage Hinge of Fate+Wizard Clip and Priest’s Field+Charlotte of Mecklenburg+Shepherdstown Bicentennial+A Tale from Terrapin Neck+An Ample Receipt+Government Tablets near Pack Horse Ford+Corn Exchange Regiment Pen Sketches+Tombstone Inscriptions III

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Magazine Volume XXVII. December 1961

Magazine Volume XXVII. December 1961

Lockwood House+Death of Col. John A. Washington at Elkwater+An Unusual Deed Book Record+Colonel Jacinth Laval+An Early Post-War Picture+Tobacco Warehouse at Shepherdstown+John Yates Letters+County Bookshelf+Special 1961 Historical Events+Tombstone Inscriptions II

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Magazine Volume XXVI. December 1960

Magazine Volume XXVI. December 1960

Jefferson County Oxonians+The Rhodes Scholars+The Sparrow Fellows+Moses Hoge+Benjamin Allen+More about Robarder’s Mill+The Hammond Antique Quilt+A Civil War Episode+Memorial Plaques in Shepherdstown+Charlestown and Shepherdstown by Bagby+Traveling on the Railroad in 1840+Tombstone Inscriptions I

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Magazine Volume XXV. December 1959

Magazine Volume XXV. December 1959

Shepherdstown Manse and John Kearsley+Hite V Fairfax Suit+Hawthorne at Harpers Ferry+President Tyler at Carter House+Alexander R. Boteler Sketches John Brown+Poyson Fields+Centennial at Harpers Ferry+County Bookshelf

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Magazine Volume XXIV. December 1958

Magazine Volume XXIV. December 1958

Album of Historic Homes IX+The Bower+The Rectory and John Baker+The Sheetz Gunsmiths+Sara Nourse and James Nourse+Diary of Mrs. James Nourse+A List of Potomac Crossings+Potomac Crossings (the story)+Cornerstone Contrast

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Magazine Volume XXIII. December 1957

Magazine Volume XXIII. December 1957

Rock Hall+More Land Grants+Regal Grants+Fairfax Grants+Century Farms II+Harewood (1751)+Hart- Daniels Farm (1755)+Locust Hill (1771)+Robert W. McCormick’s Fairview (1790)+Wood End (1804)+Mountain View (1805)+Gruber Farm (1807)+Willow Grove (1819)+Cherry Lake (1820)+Vinson (1826)+Rippon Home (1842)+Belmont (1856)+More About the Tates+The Catarina Beierlin Tombstone+Ripon or Rippon+The Rumsey Anniversary at Shepherdstown+Ella May Turner (1876-1957)

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Magazine Volume XXII. December 1956

Magazine Volume XXII. December 1956

Album of Historic Homes VIII+Head Spring+Prospect Hall+Charles Town Horse Racing in Early Days+1850 Census of Jefferson Count

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Magazine Volume XXI. December 1955

Magazine Volume XXI. December 1955

The James Rumsey Memorial in London+Album of Historic Homes VII+Retirement+Rose Hill Farm+Belmont+Old MillsThe Rocks’ Mill+Muse Mill+McPherson’s Mill+Gaunt’s Mill+Turner’s Mill+Feagans’ Mill+Robarder’s Mill+Rutherford Mill+The Horse Jockey+Washington to Swearingen Letter+Wright Denny+County Book Shelf

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Magazine Volume XX. December 1954

Magazine Volume XX. December 1954

Media+Shannon Hill+Alexander Robinson Boteler+Shepherdstown U. S. Postal Service+The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad+State GovernorsCounty Book Shelf

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Magazine Volume XIX. December 1953

Magazine Volume XIX. December 1953

Piedmont, a Manor House of Jefferson County+1850 STATISTICS ON JEFFERSON COUNTY+Virginia or West Virginia+Rezin Davis Shepherd, Public Benefactor andCountry Squire+Judge Richard Parker-He Tried John Brown+HEAVY LOAD AT SHEPHERDSTOWN WHARF+John Yates Beall, His Thrilling Career for the South

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Magazine Volume XVIII. December 1952

Magazine Volume XVIII. December 1952

The Battle of Smithfield+Rose Brake or Poplar GroveThe Reverend Abner C. Hopkins, D. D+Postmasters and Post Offices in Charles Town+Shepherd-Pinckney Exchange of Letters+President Cleveland at William L. Wilson’s Funeral in Charles Town

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Magazine Volume XVII. December 1951

Magazine Volume XVII. December 1951

Jefferson County Sesqui-Centennial+Millbrook, Oldest House in Mill Colony+Billmyer’s Mill and the Billmyer Family+Morgan’s Grove Fair+Jefferson County, Cradle of West Virginia Literature+Behind the Scenes of the Colonial Wars

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Magazine Volume XVI. December 1950

Magazine Volume XVI. December 1950

The Early Van Swearingens+The C. & O. Canal+The Black Rose of Shepherdstown+From Old Harpers Ferry Newspapers+Martin R. Delaney

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Magazine Volume XV. December 1949

Magazine Volume XV. December 1949

Elmwood and Cold Spring+Rion Hall+Claymont - Slave History +General Pinckney at Shepherdstown+Forty-Niners of Jefferson County

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Magazine Volume XIV. December 1948

Magazine Volume XIV. December 1948

Shepherdstown a Century Ago and+Some of its Master Builders+An Early Camp Meeting in Jefferson County+Thomas Worthington+55th Regiment of Virginia Militia, Part II

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Magazine Volume XIII. December 1947

Magazine Volume XIII. December 1947

Album of Historic Homes IV+Happy Retreat+Walnut Grove+BlakeleyFruit Hill+The Panhandles of West Virginia+55th Regiment of Virginia Militia

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Magazine Volume XII. December 1946

Magazine Volume XII. December 1946

Album of Historic Homes Ill+Beall Air+Cedar Lawn+Boyhood Home of Governor E. Willis Wilson+Hawthorn+Westwood+School Superintendents of Jefferson County+Our Link Ancestry in America+Elk Branch Church and Academy+Diary Tells of “Hessians” Here in 1782

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Magazine Volume XI. December 1945

Magazine Volume XI. December 1945

Album of Historic Homes+Locust Hill+Shenstone+Rockland and James Verdier+Wheatlands+Battaile Muse+The Union School+Licenses for Marriages+Early Shepherdstown and Its Churches

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Magazine Volume X. December 1944

Magazine Volume X. December 1944

Album of Historic Homes+Peter Burr and His House+Richard Stephenson House+Dry Bridge Farm+Bedford+Fountain Rock+The Rocks+Wingerd Cottage+Lower Farm Shepherd Grade+Swearingen to Shepherd Letter+Old Landmark Changes Hands+Glebe Deed St. George’s Chapel+More Bibles and Family Records+Conrad Schindler Bible+Jacob Kraft Marburg+Strider Bible+Samuel Strider Bible+Raleigh Moler Bible+William J. Moler Bible+Items from 1824 Harper’s Ferry Free Press

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Magazine Volume IX. December 1943

Magazine Volume IX. December 1943

Falling Spring+John Brown’s Provisional Constitution+More Old Bibles+Indian Sport+The Bedinger Family+County Bookshelf

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Magazine Volume VIII. December 1942

Magazine Volume VIII. December 1942

The Wyncoop, Morgan, Selby, Hamtramck Families+More About the Keyes of Keyes’ Ferry+Charles Town and Its Notables+Traders Settle at Harpers Ferry in 1707+Jeannette Aglionby, Life Member 1927-1933+Cressinger Pottery+Some Old Bibles+Teachers Wanted in 1853

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Magazine Volume VII. December 1941

Magazine Volume VII. December 1941

Old Houses of the Leetown Neighborhood Shannondale+Early Architecture in Western Virginia+The Robert Lemen Family+War of 1812 Soldiers and Ancestors of Members of the James Gibson Chapter, Daughters of 1812+Captain Jacob Reinhart’s Shepherdstown Cavalry+County Book Shelf

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Magazine Volume VI. December 1940

Magazine Volume VI. December 1940

Jefferson County in the War of 1812+Muster Roll of George W. Humphrey's CompanyMuster Roll of Capt. Joseph Grantham's Company+Class Roll of Capt. James Conn's Company+Class Roll of Capt. Presley Marmaduke's Company+Other Notes on Jefferson County in War of 1812+Weis Pottery[Jefferson County Portraits and Portrait Painters]+A Partial List of Artists Who Worked in Jefferson County or Painted Jefferson Countians or Whose Paintings Are Owned in the County

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Magazine Volume V. December 1939

Magazine Volume V. December 1939

Early Grange Activities+The Ring Tournament of 1853+Robert Rutherford+Joseph McMurran of Shepherd College+Quaker Element in Jefferson County+Shepherdstown Schools, 1762-1872E. Hutchinson Miller, the Artist

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Magazine Volume IV. December 1938

Magazine Volume IV. December 1938

Rutherford Rangers+Early Libraries in Jefferson County+Pioneer Preachers in Jefferson County+Revolutionary Soldiers of Jefferson County

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Magazine Volume III. December 1937

Magazine Volume III. December 1937

James Rumsey and His Steamboat+Certificate by Horatio Gates+Fraternal Organizations in Jefferson County+Letters to Cadet Thos. B. Washington+Jefferson County Voters, January 1789+Braddock's March Through Jefferson County+The Middleway Blues+Uniform of the Potomac Rifle Company+Letter by Major Henry Bedinger+The Virginia & Maryland Bridge CompanyFrom the Potomac Guardian, January 9, 1799

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Magazine: Volume II. December 1936

Magazine: Volume II. December 1936

The Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry+The Bullskin Run+The Roads of Jefferson County+Early Taverns of Jefferson County+List of Books Relating to Jefferson County

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Magazine: Volume I. December 1935

Magazine: Volume I. December 1935

+Early Settlers in Jefferson County+Letter to Major Henry Bedinger, Merchant+Discharge of Wm. & Geo. Tabb+Swearingen's Spring+Irving's Visit to the Valley+Daniel Boone's Marriage to Rebecca BryanKeyes' Ferry

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