Willey, William P. (William Patrick)
Person
Found in 2 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
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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- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Secession 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Temperance 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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