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Language
English
Abstract
Letter from 1842 authored by Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872) regarding business and political matters. Van Winkle was 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. Contains original manuscript and typescript copy of a letter from Van
Winkle, Parkersburg, to Charles P. Bailey, dated April 12, 1842, describing his opinions on imports and foreign debt, a tariff
on foreign imports, a proposed national bank, internal improvements, and other subjects of political importance in the early
forties.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Letter, A&M 0018, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.