Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 2 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
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
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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