A&M 1940Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920) Papers, 1876-1891, undated A&M 1940Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:02:51 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920) Papers Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 A&M 1940 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5658 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder) 1876-1891, undated Professional correspondence, newspaper clipping, manuscript notes, and speech of West Virginia politician Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920). Goff's career included terms as West Virginia Legislator (1867-1868), U.S. district attorney for West Virginia (1868), Secretary of the Navy (1881), U.S. Congressman (1883-1889), federal judge in the U.S. Fourth Circuit (1892-1911), and U.S. Senator (1913-1919). The letters and telegram are in a series written in August, 1876; correspondents are Nathan Goff and Henry M. Mathews, who was the Attorney General of West Virginia at the time and would go on to be governor. The clipping is from the Morgantown Post and describes Goff's speech at a Union League's Lincoln Dinner in Brooklyn, New York (November 7, 1891). The manuscript notes were written by Goff about a speech by M.T. Frame (October 1886). The speech by Goff addresses the Protective Tariff (undated). West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Judges -- West Virginia Politics and government. West Virginia - Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government Politicians -- United States Politicians United States Congressmen - West Virginia. Judges -- West Virginia Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 United States. Congress. Senate West Virginia. Legislature