Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 5 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
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1361
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), one of the founders of West Virginia. This collection includes letters to Harrison Hagans outlining the varied nature of opposition to the New State in Congress and Willey's position on slavery; letter from the Quartermaster General requesting support of a reorganization bill; cards and social invitations; and obituary clippings.
Dates:
1862-1900
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 4
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
- Politicians -- United States 3
- Politics and government. 3
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Secession 2
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Diaries 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Temperance 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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