Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents
Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates:
1834-1945
Hubbard Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0805
Scope and Contents
Papers, mainly correspondence, of the Hubbard family of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut and Wheeling, West Virginia. There are several hundred letters which document the growth of the family and its business enterprises in Wheeling. Correspondents include Gad Smith, Dana Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, General John Hubbard, Roger Dorman, H Moran, William P. Hubbard, Dana L. Hubbard, Stephen B. Elkins, John W. Mason, and Waitman T. Willey. There are a number of letters written...
Dates:
1810-1914
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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- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Connecticut 1
- Diaries 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Land. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Secession 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Temperance 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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