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Slavery a Key Issue that Led to West Virginia Statehood

By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH City Editor The corner of 10th and Market streets was a bustling site in the 1850s, a place where people could buy daily necessities or where children could pick up a sweet...

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June 20, 1863 a 'Coquettish' Day, Says Daily Intelligencer

On June 20, 1863, the Daily Intelligencer of Wheeling called the day "coquettish" - less so because the region changed its allegiance from Virginia to the "35th star to the constellation of the...

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Opinion of Abraham Lincoln on the Admission of West Virginia

The Consent of the Legislature of Virginia is constitutionally necessary to the bill for the admission of West Virginia becoming a law. A body claiming to be such Legislature has given its consent.

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Everything Lined Up for West Virginia

By DAVID JAVERSAK In the 1960s, the definitive textbook history of the United States in the mid-19th century - James Randall and David Donald's "The Civil War and Reconstruction" - described statehood...

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West Virginia: A Timeline

The following is a timeline of the formation of West Virginia as the 35th state. 1860 ? Nov. 6 - Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President, gaining only 39.8 percent of the popular vote. ? De.

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