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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3 Item</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1857/1857">1857</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Augusta County 19th Century Court Records, WLU Coll. 0482, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA<p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This collection consists of three 19th century court documents from Augusta County, Virginia.  They all relate to the circuit court case where William J. Shumate is suing the business of Woodword &amp; Coalter (Samuel M. Woodword, Joseph Woodword, and Thomas S. Coalter) for $300 owed to him.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Legal documents</subject>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Woodword &amp; Coalter</corpname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Shumate, William J.</persname>
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