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Wade, Alexander L. (Alexander Luark), 1832-1904

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oscar Doane Lambert, Historian, Papers regarding Historical Research

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0552
Scope and Contents

Contains photograph copies of land plat signed by George Washington for 400 acres of land in Frederick County, Virginia; Photostat copy of a letter written by Benjamin Franklin from France; Photostat copies of map of northern neck of West Virginians; newspaper clippings on West Virginia University and state politics. Contains copies of maps and photographs relating to land in the Northern Neck of Virginia, Joist Hite, Jesse Hughes, Henry G. Davis, Alexander L. Wade, and Lord Fairfax.

Dates: 1770-1929

Waitman T. Willey Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates: 1820-1917

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Diaries 1
Frederick County (Va.) 1
Maps. 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Politicians -- United States 1