Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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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- Clifton. 1
- Diaries 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Justices of the peace 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Land. 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Salt industry and trade 1
- Secession 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Transportation 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 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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