Custom House, Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia)

Identifier:

037932

Collection Number:

Prints

Title:

Custom House, Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia)

Date:

1861/ Summer

Description:

Now known as Independence Hall, delegates gathered here for the Second Wheeling Convention in the summer of 1861 and formed the Restored Government of Virginia. Subsequently a proposal was passed to create a new state. The caption reads, "Custom House at Wheeling, now the Seat of the New Government of Virginia". This sketch was published in Frank Leslile's Illustrated.

Subjects:

West Virginia--Statehood.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView