A&M 1791Lewis (1778-1843) and George W. (1804-1868) Summers Papers, 1828-1890, 1901, 1935 A&M 1791Staff 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 08:00:31 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Lewis (1778-1843) and George W. (1804-1868) Summers Papers A&M 1791 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5359 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case) 1828-1890, 1901, 1935 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 Secession Convention, 1861. Correspondence between the brothers is for the years 1818-1843. There are also business, legal, and family papers, speeches, and an autograph book of George W. while a student at the University of Virginia, 1854-1857. Correspondents include George Carlisle, James Craik, James M. Laidley, and Luke Wilcox. Persons mentioned or commented on include John Q. Adams, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Thomas R. Dew, Andrew Donnally, Millard Fillmore, John Floyd, William H. Harrison, Andrew Jackson, the Ruffner family, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, and Henry A. Wise. 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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 Charleston. Confederate States of America - secession crisis. Genealogy Judges - letters and papers. Lawyers - letters and papers. Universities and colleges Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851. Virginia -- Secession Convention of 1861 United States. Congress University of Virginia. Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Carlisle, George, 1797-1863 Cass, Lewis. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Craik, James. Dew, Thomas R. (Thomas Roderick), 1802-1846 Donnally, Andrew. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Floyd, John. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 Henderson, Alexander. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Laidley, James M. Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868 Summers, Lewis, 1777 or 1778-1843 Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Willcox, Luke. Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 Ruffner family Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Series 1. CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940721828 December 06 - 1901 September 29; bulk 1830s-1840s1Lewis Summers letters to George SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941001828 December 06-1839 February 2211Lewis and George Summers lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941011840 July 20-1843 August 2012Letters to Lewis SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941021843 January 7-1843 February 1513Letters to George SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941031843 February 15-1850 September 2314Miscellaneous lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941041845 June 24-1901 September 2917Series 2. Legal CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940731844 August - 1850 November 261Letters to Summers-Miller Law FirmArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940771844 August-1848 April15Letters to Summers-Miller Law FirmArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940781850 May 16-1850 November 2616Series 3. ManuscriptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194074undated1Manuscripts of George SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194079undated18Series 4. Financial & Legal PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940751853 May - 1901 September1Notes, receipts, legal documents, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940801853 May-1901 September19Series 5. Printed MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940761860 - 1935 October 11First Anniversary Address Before the Old Dominion Society by George W. SummersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/19409718601The PlumblineArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1940981935 October 11Autograph bookArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194099undated1