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Willey, William P. (William Patrick)

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948

Powell Benton Reynolds (1841-1914) Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1195
Scope and Contents

Three letters from Reynolds as a Confederate soldier, Co, K, 50th Virginia Infantry, contain excellent descriptions of life in the Army of Northern Virginia. One letter contains Reynolds views on the right of secession and there is a letter from William P. Willey informing Reynolds of his election to the Chair of English at WVU. Collection also contains seven diplomas from Richmond College Reynolds received between 1867 – 1877. Typed copies of the letters may be found in A&M 390.

Dates: 1861-1885

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

West Virginia Historical Society Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0447
Overview

Correspondence and other materials, including notices of, and resolutions adopted at, the founders meeting at Morgantown, 30 September 1869.

Dates: 1869-1881

William P. Willey, Scrapbook of Bible Clippings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0702
Overview

Scrapbook of clippings from a bible grouped by topic, illustrating promises of the New Testament, compiled by William P. Willey.

Dates: undated

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Subject
Politics and government. 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
Civil War - Virginia 50th Infantry, Company K. 1
Civil War -- Kentucky 5th Infantry 1
Civil War -- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia 1