Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0104
Overview
Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.
Dates:
1861-1895, undated
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
Felix G. Hansford Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1192
Scope and Contents
The papers of the President of Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, charted in 1837, consist of land grants, deeds, and indentures; legal papers; turnpike correspondence, stock, books, contracts, and reports to the Board of Public Works, the Virginia Legislature, and stockholders. Some of the correspondence deals with the Washington Temperance Society, church activities in the Kanawha Valley, the salt industry along the Kanawha Salines, the James River and Kanawha Turnpike...
Dates:
1796-1876
Felix G. Hansford Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1464
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, business and legal papers, and Justice of the Peace documents of Felix G. Hansford, Kanawha County J.P., entrepreneur, and President of the Giles, Fayette, and Kanawha Turnpike. Subjects include the George Boxley slave plot, 1816; cholera in Louisville, 1833; Missouri and westward expansion, 1841; the Kansas struggle, 1858; Albert Gallatin's western lands; and the impact of John Brown's 1859 raids on the South. Correspondents include Albert Gallatin, J. M. Maury,...
Dates:
1790-1862
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
Filtered By
- Subject: Politics and government. X
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- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 3
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Church buildings 2
- Clifton. 2
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Frontier and pioneer life 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Justices of the peace 2
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Land. 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Missouri 2
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 2
- Politicians 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Secession 2
- Temperance 2
- Transportation 2
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
- Account books 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Diaries 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Epidemics 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 1
- Louisville (Ky.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Railroads 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Salt industry and trade 1
- Secession - Virginia. 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
- Voting - United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Western expansion 1 + ∧ less
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