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Sources consulted for the biography of:Charles James Faulkner (1806–1884)
Biographical Information
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 219 (Feb. 11, 1860): 173–174.
- Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, January 13, 1876
- Memorial of Charles James Faulkner: Born July 2d, 1806, Died November 1st, 1884 [ca. 1884].
- F. Vernon Aler, Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia (1888), 314–342.
- George W. Atkinson and Alvaro F. Gibbens, Prominent Men of West Virginia (1890), 239–244.
- National Cyclopædia of American Biography (1891–1984), 11 (1921): 392.
- Donald Rusk McVeigh, "Charles James Faulkner: Reluctant Rebel" (Ph.D. dissertation, West Virginia University, 1954)
Primary Sources
- Faulkner correspondence in Faulkner Family Papers and in other collections at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
- Charles James Faulkner Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Collection, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
- Faulkner correspondence in Alexander Robinson Boteler Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
- Faulkner correspondence in numerous collections at Library of Virginia, including the Matthew Fontaine Maury Letters (Accession 18769).
- The Speech of Charles Jas. Faulkner (of Berkeley): In the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the Policy of the State with Respect to Her Slave Population: Delivered January 20, 1832 (1832).
- Faulkner's 26–27 Mar. 1851 speech reported in Supplement, 1850–1851 Convention Debates, no. 27–28.
- Virginia Case Files for United States Pardons (1865–1867), United States Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Newspapers
- Leesburg Genius of Liberty, October 12, 1833
- Draft of constitutional revisions in Wheeling Daily Register, January 1, 1872; January 9, 1872.
Obituaries
- Richmond Dispatch, November 2, 1884 (with variant Feb. 1806 birth date)
- Wheeling Sunday Register, November 2, 1884
- Wheeling Intelligencer, November 3, 1884
- Charlestown Spirit of Jefferson, November 4, 1884 (with variant Feb. 1806 birth date)
- Charlestown Virginia Free Press, November 6, 1884 (with account of funeral and with variant Feb. 1806 birth date)
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