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      <extent altrender="carrier">1 folder of 1 in RHS-Coll-0066.</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1886/1886">1886</unitdate>
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<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Book, "The Wilderness Road," by Thomas Spped, 1866, RHS Coll. 0066, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This file consists of a book entitled "The Wilderness Road: A Description of the Routes of Travel by which the Pioneers and Early Settlers First Came to Kentucky,"  prepared for the Filson Club by author Thomas Speed. Published by John P. Morton and Co in Louisville, Kentucky - printers to the Filson Club - in 1886. Includes some marginalia. Damaged, but legible.</p>  </scopecontent>
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