Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 017125
- Collection Number:
- A&M 1561
- Title:
- Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1885/05/02
- Creator:
- Brown, W. C.
- Description:
- Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.
- Subjects:
- Steamboats--West Virginia., Cities--Wheeling--Scenes and Views.
- Corporate Names:
- Chesapeake (Steamboat)
- Acquisition Source:
- Cook, Roy Bird
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
