John Conness Correspondence

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Conness Correspondence, Ms1978-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Conness, John, 1821-1909
Abstract:
The collection contains two letters to Gorham Dummer Gilman, a resident of Boston, in which John Conness writes of a book, Gold Stories of '49, by Nuima Smith.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Conness Correspondence, Ms1978-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains two letters to Gorham Dummer Gilman, a resident of Boston, in which Conness writes of a book, Gold Stories of '49, by Nuima Smith. There are transcriptions of both letters available.

Biographical / historical:

John Conness (1821-1909) was born in Ireland. In 1833, he moved to the United States, and eventually made his way to California. He served in the California State Assembly twice (1853-1854, 1860-1861) and ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 1861. He served in the U. S. Senate from 1863 to 1869 before retiring to Massachusetts. He died in 1909.

Source: Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress (online).

Acquisition information:
The collection John Conness Correspondence was acquired prior to 1978.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Conness Correspondence was completed in 1978. Additional description was completed in March 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Letters