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