Box 2

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 602-612, 614-620 (government and slavery, appointment request, elections)



Government/War: Item 621 (request for exchange of a prisoner)

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 623-625, 627, 629-641 (oil craze in Morgantown, activities of legislature, legal position of Virginia)



Family and Friends: Item 622 (books sent)



Law/Business: Items 626, 628, 636 (sale of Dorsey estate in Morgantown, suit against Judge Berkshire, railroad in Iowa and land)

Scope and Contents Topics include: Politics: Items 642-645, 647-650, 652-657, 661 (WTW elected to Senate; Congressional bills discussed; state legislature and election discussed; requests for jobs and money from government; Governor Boreman on loyalty and visit to the President regarding West Virginia; death of Lincoln reported by Van Winkle [item 656]) Government/War: Items 659-660 (widow requests pension from the government, list of officers petitioning for release from...

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 662-665, 668, 670, 678 (West Virginia banks and the government, West Virginia boundaries, losses in the Valley of Virginia, Van Winkle on war and Congress, job requests, a citizen in Virginia tells of conditions in the Valley)



Law/Business: Items 666, 669, 679 (a Virginia man wants help in combating extortion; business in post-war Morgantown; library wanted for Weston State Hospital)

Scope and Contents This series includes letters written to Waitman T. Willey (WTW). The letters can be divided into four major categories: politics; governmental service and the Civil War; family and church affairs; and law and business activities. Willey wrote the name of the correspondent and the date on each letter. The letters have been previously divided into "copied" (Series 1a.) and "not copied" (Series 1b.) categories; the former refers to a select number of the...

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 362-369, 371-379, 381 (lists of Union men from counties in western Virginia; state convention in Wheeling; politics in Illinois; a citizen objects to the Navy's ship purchases; slavery issues)



Family and Friends: Items 370, 380-381 (son in Camp Keys, Hampshire County; Morgantown events; thoughts regarding the South)

Scope and Contents Topics include: Politics: Items 382, 384, 387, 389-400 (new state constitution, slavery issues, politics in Iowa) Government/War: Items 390, 393, 394, 397 (Congressional action on a commission; destruction of property by rebels, David Hunter Strother [item 393]; pay for volunteers) Family and Friends: Items 383, 401 (Farmington newspaper and copies of WTW speeches) Law/Business: Items 385-386, 388 (licenses,...

Scope and Contents Topics include: Politics: Items 403-406, 408-410, 412-418, 420 (government appointments; new state, slavery, and constitution; Union supporter in Dakota Territory) Government/War: Items 407, 419 (memorial for the Army, reparations for stolen property) Family and Friends: Items 402, 408, 410 (smallpox epidemic at Dickinson College town, problems with war rumors in Morgantown) Law/Business: Item 411 (Morgantown...

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 421-422, 424-426, 428, 435-440 (new state and emancipation, speeches)



Government/War: Items 433-434 (reparations for stolen horses and harness)



Family and Friends: Items 423, 427, 429-432, 434, 439 (genealogy from a relative, speeches, war at home, Camp Chase prisoner, bills in Congress)

Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Politics: Items 441-447, 449-457 (emancipation in the new state and Congressional bill, state boundaries, speech given by Carlisle)



Family and Friends: Items 448, 451, 456, 458-460 (son's graduation from Dickinson College, army concerns at home, speeches, death in Morgantown)