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Box 5

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Series 1b. Incoming Correspondence -- Non-Transcribed/Not Copied [boxes 4-16], 1833–1900

 Series — Multiple Containers
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...
Dates: 1833–1900

Item Nos. 1222-1406, 1834–1840

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1-9
Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Legal Matters



Family and Friends (e.g. item 1230)



Religion (e.g. items 1251, 1258, 1280, 1291-1292, 1401)



Politics (e.g. items 1275, 1326, 1366)



(Note: during this time, WTW practiced law in Morgantown)

Dates: 1834–1840

Item Nos. 1407-1545, 1840s

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 10-16
Scope and Contents

Topics include:

Primarily Legal Matters (e.g. property suits)



Some Political Matters (e.g. item 1447 -- WTW as elector for the Harrison/Tyler Presidential election)



Slavery (e.g. item 1512 -- "slave boy [sic], Thomas Jefferson" should be free)



Illness and Death in the Family (e.g. items 1497, 1499, 1502 -- death of Thomas P. Ray)

Dates: 1840s