Authors: Richard H. Owens
77. West Virginia. First Constitutional Convention.
Debates and Proceedings
; and, West Virginia.
Revised State Constitution
.
78. Ibid.
79. Ibid.
80. Ibid.
81. United States Senate.
Debate on the Admission of West Virginia
.
82. Ibid.
I. Primary Source Materials from the West Virginia State Archives and Other Primary Sources.
Ambler, Charles, et.al., eds.
Debates and Proceedings of the First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia, 1861-1863
. 3 vols. Huntington, WV: Gentry Brothers, 1942.
Boreman, Arthur I.
Governor's Inaugural Address
.
Clarksburg [Virginia] Convention of 1861.
Resolutions
.
First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia.
Debates and Proceedings
.
First Wheeling Convention.
Proceedings
.
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Delegates List
.
Guyandotte [Virginia]. Meeting of April 20, 1861.
Proceedings
.
Kingwood Chronicle
. “Letter To the People of North-Western Virginia,” May 25, 1861.
Lincoln, Abraham. Cabinet.
Opinions on the Admission of West Virginia
.
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The President's Opinion on the Admission of West Virginia
.
Newspaper Editorials on the Declaration of the People of Virginia
, 1863.
Pierpont, Francis.
Governor's Address to the Reorganized Government of Virginia
, May 6, 1862.
Reorganized Government of Virginia.
An Act Granting Permission for Creation of A New State
.
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List of Delegates and Senators
.
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General Assembly
.
Proceedings
.
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Ordinance for the Reorganization of the State Government [of Virginia]
, 1863.
Second Wheeling Convention.
First Session, Proceedings
.
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List of Delegates
.
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, Proceedings
.
Staunton [VA] Convention of 1816.
Proceedings
.
United States Congress.
Congressional Recognition and Consent to the Transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties to West Virginia
.
United States Senate.
Debate on the Admission of West Virginia
.
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Debate on Acceptance of [WV] Senators Carlile and Willey
.
United States House of Representatives.
Debate on the Admission of West Virginia
.
Van Winkle, Senator Peter.
Speech on the Reorganization of Virginia and the Admission of West Virginia to the Union
.
Virginia.
1860 Presidential Votes
.
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1861 Ordinance of Secession
.
âââ. Constitutional Convention, 1829-1830,
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.
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Ordinance of Secession; Votes
.
West Virginia.
Constitution, 1863
.
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Constitutional Convention
.
List of Delegates
.
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First Constitutional Convention
.
Debates and Proceedings
.
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First Statehood Referendum
.
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Legislative Act Making Berkeley County a part of West Virginia
.
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Legislative Act Making Jefferson County a part of West Virginia
.
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Map of the New State of West Virginia
.
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Resolution of the Committee to Seek Compensation for Loyal Slaveholders
.
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.
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.
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.
Whaley, Kellan V.
Speech in Congress on the Admission of West Virginia to the Union
.
Wheeling.
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.
Willey, Senator John.
Willey Amendment [The]
.
II. Other Bibliographical Materials & Sources: alphabetical order by author or source.
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Ambler, Charles, and Summers, Festus.
West Virginia: The Mountain State
, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1958.
Blair, Jacob Beeson. “Lincoln's Approval of the Statehood Bill.”
Curry, Richard O.
A House Divided: A Study of State Politics and the Copperhead Movement in West Virginia
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Journal of Southern History
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First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia.
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.
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"What's In a Name: The Naming of West Virginia.”
Dec. 3, 1861.
Freehling, William.
Road to Disunion. Volume One: Secessionists at Bay
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Volume Two: Secessionists Triumphant
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Gerofsky, Milton. “Reconstruction in West Virginia.”
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Gray, Gladys.
The Presidential Campaign of 1860 in Virginia and Its Aftermath
Lexington: University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 1941.
Owens, Richard H.
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Randall, J.G.
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Shaffer, Dallas. “Lincoln and the âVast Question' of West Virginia.”
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Shanks, Henry.
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Winston, Sheldon. “Statehood for West Virginia: An Illegal Act.” April 1869.
Woodward, Isaiah A. “Opinions of President Lincoln and His Cabinet on Statehood for Western Virginia, 1862-1863,”
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