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Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868

 Person

Found in 4 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

Lewis (1778-1843) and George W. (1804-1868) Summers Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1791
Overview Papers of Lewis Summers, a lawyer, businessman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1817-1818, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1829-1830, and his brother George W., a lawyer in Charleston, a judge, a member of the House of Delegates, 1830-1832, 1834-1836, the U.S. House of Representatives, 1841-1845, a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, candidate for governor in 1851, member of the 1861 Peace Convention, and delegate to the Richmond...
Dates: 1828-1890, 1901, 1935

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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West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 3
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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
Charleston. 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mining -- Strikes 1
Coal mining. 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Diaries 1
Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
Genealogy 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
Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
Judges - letters and papers. 1
Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
Missouri 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
Secession - Virginia. 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 1
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Universities and colleges 1
Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851. 1
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Voting - United States -- History -- 19th century 1
West Virginia - Governors. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
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