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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Conness Correspondence, Ms1978-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection John Conness Correspondence was acquired prior to 1978.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Conness Correspondence was completed in 1978. Additional description was completed in March 2011.
John Conness (1821-1909) was born in Ireland. In 1833, he moved to the United States, and eventually made his way to California. He served in the California State Assembly twice (1853-1854, 1860-1861) and ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 1861. He served in the U. S. Senate from 1863 to 1869 before retiring to Massachusetts. He died in 1909.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress (
The collection contains two letters to Gorham Dummer Gilman, a resident of Boston, in which Conness writes of a book,
The guide to the John Conness Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).