West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[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
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Baker, Lewis
- Brannon, John
- Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
- Echds, John
- Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891
- Kenna, John E.
- McCreery, J.W.
- Murray, J. Ogden (John Ogden), 1840-1921
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States -- Politics and government
- West Virginia -- Politics and government