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0818: Floyd Hoard Stark And Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970, Marshall University Special Collections
0818: Floyd Hoard Stark And Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970, Marshall University Special Collections
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Charles Brooks Hoard, known as C. B. Hoard within the collection, served in the New York State Assembly from 1837-1838, was Jefferson County Clerk from 1844-1846, and was elected to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1861. During the American Civil War, Hoard attempted to patent the Watertown Musket and was contracted by the federal government to manufacture the muskets for the war effort. C. B. Hoard partnered with Eli Thayer in the development of Ceredo, Virginia, now Ceredo, West Virginia. Thayer, who had hopes of establishing a colony in Ceredo to …