Miss Elsie of Claymont shines a light on the most generous philanthropist in Charles Town, West Virginia’s history. Heiress to a timber fortune, Elsie Bogardus Murphy adopted Charles Town as her home and made it her mission to ensure the town’s necessities were well funded. Thanks to her generosity the Old Charles Town Library was established, the Charles Town General Hospital had the funds needed to build a new, modern building, and Citizens Fire Company had the resources to ke...
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H.S. Leigh Koonce is an avid writer, reader, and civic volunteer. Professionally he has worked as a bookseller, journalist, non-profit organizer, political organizer,...
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 94 ● ISBN 9798348209315 ● Dimensione 3.6 MB ● Casa editrice Ellerslie Books ● Pubblicato 2025 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 10092974 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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