Second Wheeling Convention, Wheeling, Va. (West Virginia)

Identifier:

037933

Collection Number:

Prints

Title:

Second Wheeling Convention, Wheeling, Va. (West Virginia)

Date:

1861/June

Creator:

Green, Jasper

Description:

Delegates, loyal to the United States, meet to establish the Restored Government of Virginia and subsequently propose a new state. The caption reads, "Constitutent Convention of Virginia Assembled in the Custom House at Wheeling Ohio County, June 1861."

Subjects:

West Virginia--Statehood.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView