Papers, 1860-1901.

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Papers, 1860-1901.

Collection includes a commonplace book, 1878, and letters of John Burr Hereford and Isabelle Alexander (Caperton) Hereford of Washington, D.C., concerning a trip to Europe; a commonplace book, 1875-1901, of Katharine Steuart (Hereford) Stoddert concerning the congressional career of Frank Hereford of West Virginia and the Caperton and Hereford families; and letters, 1860-1864, written to Joel McPherson, clerk of Greenbrier County, Va. (later W. Va.), in part concerning the presidential election of 1860.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7378525

Virginia Historical Society Library

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

McPherson, Joel, 1807-1888.

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Hereford, John Burr, 1843-1887.

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Hereford, Isabelle Alexander Caperton, 1852-1923.

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Caperton family.

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Stoddert, Katharine Steuart Hereford, 1876-

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Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891

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Hereford family.

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