Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Parkersburg Town Council Journals
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1422
Overview
Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors...
Dates:
1826-1862, 1869-1874
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872), Letter and Receipt for Stock
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0142
Overview
Four page letter, and receipt for stock, of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. The four page manuscript letter with envelope is from Van Winkle, Baltimore, Maryland, to George O....
Dates:
1854-1855
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0136
Overview
Personal papers and scrapbooks of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Includes manuscripts speeches, essays, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings....
Dates:
1827-1902, undated
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- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Railroads 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Diaries 1
- Northwestern Turnpike. 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Northwestern Virginia Railroad. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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