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Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers
Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers
Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Deed
Photocopies of correspondence relating to Francis H. Pierpont's law license in Mississippi and Virginia, and an early (1784) Virginia deed to John Pierpont (likely grandfather of Francis).
Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence
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.
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers
John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Papers
Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Scrapbooks
Newspaper clippings on Neely's controversy as a law student at WVU, and his subsequent career as a lawyer, Mayor of Fairmont, Congressman, and United States Senator.