A&M 1367Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence, 1866-1901 A&M 1367Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence, A&M 1367, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related A&M Collections

1367, 1386

Scope and Contents

Hereford was a lawyer and politician and served in the House of Representatives from 1871 to 1877 when he was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen T. Caperton. He served until 1881. The papers include letters of recommendation; congratulations on his election to the Senate; correspondence on West Virginia politics; an editorial letter on the "salary grab;" and letters urging Hereford to run for re-election in 1881.

Correspondents include: Daniel W. Voorhees, John White Stevenson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E. J. Curtis.

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Lawyers - letters and papers. Politics and government. West Virginia - Salary Grab Act. Democratic Party (U.S.) United States. Congress United States. Congress. Senate Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891 Voorhees, Daniel W. (Daniel Wolsey), 1827-1897 Stevenson, John White Curtis, E. J.