Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents
Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates:
1826-1878
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
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- Account books 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Northwestern Virginia Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Secession 1
- Steamboats 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 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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