<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Rockbridge County Sheriff's bond<num>MS.0051</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-04-09 17:46:07 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Rockbridge County Sheriff's bond</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">McDowell, James, 1795-1851</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcsh">Allen, Joseph</persname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>MS.0051</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1829</unitdate>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of a bond document for Rockbridge County (Virginia) Sheriff, Joseph Allen. The document is signed by James McDowell and other citizens of the county.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives.Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Rockbridge County Sheriff's bond, 1829. MS 0051. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Bonds—Virginia—Rockbridge County</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Rockbridge County (Va.)—History</subject>
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