Statehood


Illustration, Drawing by Joseph H. Diss Debar of uncertain news from the seat of war, in the hall of the McClure House, Wheeling, 1863. The group in the foreground is composed of William E. Stevenson, president of the State Senate, later governor, on the right. Next is the tall form of Lee Roy Kramer, of Monongalia (chairman of House of Delegates in 1864) and reading the paper is James C. McGrew, member for Preston County, and later representative in Congress. On his right, with his hands clasped behind him is A. W. Campbell, editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer. Diss Debar Collection



Statehood

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