A&M 0136Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers, 1827-1902, undated A&M 0136Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:33:28 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 A&M 0136 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2456 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each) 1827-1902, undated Personal papers and scrapbooks of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Includes manuscripts speeches, essays, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Highlights include a manuscript speech on the American Colonization Society, which helped found the colony of Liberia (undated); a letter to the president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (March 18, 1836); a draft of "Address of the Delegates composing the New State Constitutional Convention to their Constituents" (1863). Other subjects of Van Winkle's writings include the U.S. Constitution, philosophical and religious writings (including the rights and nature of mankind), and Virginia and West Virginia politics. The scrapbooks are mostly full of clippings, with subjects including the Northwestern Turnpike, politics, and the development of Parkersburg (1827-1902, undated). One of the scrapbooks also includes journal entries (1834-1844). West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Northwestern Turnpike. Parkersburg (W. Va.) West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Diaries Politics and government. Railroads Politicians -- United States West Virginia -- Politics and government United States -- Politics and government Scrapbooks American Colonization Society Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company United States. Constitution West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 United States. Congress. Senate