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Papers, 1874-1914, of John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) of Lynchburg, Virginia, consisting of letters, 1881-1909, discussing Virginia and national politics, railroads, courts, military commissions, the Civil War, speaking opportunities for Daniel, and personal matters; note of argument, 1874, concerning a contested election for the 43rd Confress; an ad for Warm Springs, Virginia; pamphlets on banking and currency and on industrial education; answer of the Virginia State Corporation Commission in a law suit against it in the United States Circuit Court; price list for the Manchester Oil and Paint Company; and an unused envelope.

Papers, 1888-1910, of John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) of Lynchburg, Virginia, and United States Senator, consisting of correspondence to Daniel concerning the State Normal School; the gold standard and Daniel's pro-silver stance; Daniel as a possible presidential candidate in 1896, including a clipping and a poem; the 1904 Democratic National Convention; copyright legislation; anti-tariff laws and labor; Daniel's health; and Daniel's election as vice president of the Virginia League for International Arbitration. Papers also include a pass, 1900, for the Seaboard Air Line Railway; circular letter, 7 June 1909, from Daniel to his constituents reviewing the congressional session; resolutions, n.d., of the John Daniel Democratic Club of Botetourt County, Virginia, supporting Daniel and opposing William Mahone (1826-1895); and a note from C.A.B. containing a clipping on the 1892 Democratic National Convention.

Papers, 1893-1910, of John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) of Lynchburg, Virginia, and United States Senator, consisting of correspondence concerning rural free mail delivery in Virginia counties; the Civil War, including the 14th Virginia cavalry, Confederate records, the steamer St. Nicholas, a Daniel-edited column in the Richmond TIMES-DISPATCH, and complimentary books on Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson sent to Daniel; free coinage; Daniel's speeches; requests for an appointment as a Washington D.C. Capitol policeman and for a commission in the United States army; the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and the 1907 Jamestown Exposition; an invitation to speak at Easton College in Manassas, Virginia; Daniel's reelection to the Senate in 1910; and a promissory note. Papers also include predictions on the 1894 congressional elections in New York and Virginia and which party would control the United States Congress.