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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence, A&M 1386, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Congressman and U.S. Senator, Frank Hereford. Papers deal with the machinations of the Camden-Davis ring, Hereford's election to the Senate, and West Virginia politics. Most of the letters involve the attempts of Johnson Camden and John E. Kenna to secure Hereford a seat on the Utah Commission in 1886.

Correspondents include: J. Ogden Murray, John E. Kenna, Johnson N. Camden, Lewis Baker, John Brannon, John Echds, and J. W. McCreery.

Related Material

1367, 1386

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Baker, Lewis
• Brannon, John
• Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
• Camden-Davis ring
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Echds, John
• Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891
• Kenna, John E.
• Lawyers - letters and papers.
• McCreery, J.W.
• Murray, J. Ogden (John Ogden), 1840-1921
• Politics and government.
• United States -- Politics and government
• United States. Congress
• United States. Congress. Senate
• United States. Utah Commission
• West Virginia -- Politics and government