John W. Hereford Letter
name: label: Author
content: Hereford, John W.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
place: label: Place
content: Virginia
label: Place
content: Alabama
label: Place
content: Tennessee
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Lavina Lancaster, August 18, 1983.
creator: label: Author
content: Hereford, John W.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1827
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Domestic Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) , August 31, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0066
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter, September 5, 1827, by Hereford, Meridianville, Madison County, Alabama, to his father in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It describes his family's journey from Virginia to Alabama with stops in several counties of Tennessee looking for places to settle, and visiting relatives.