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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.02 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 2 in. (3 folders)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1878/1920" type="inclusive">1878-1920</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_3707677be8b650fc79a440ca5194ce8f">West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/</physloc>
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  <prefercite id="aspace_4c9d81702659fcde624904315206fcd8">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alston Gordon Dayton Papers, A&amp;M 0211, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Related A&amp;M Collections</head>
<p>52, 206, 211, 215, 530, 741, 1066, 1111, 1216, 1445, 1723, 3022, 3023</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Collection contains Dayton's appointment certificate in the West Virginia University's Corps of Cadets (1878), newspaper articles containing speeches delivered by Dayton, copies and notes for speeches and lectures, notebooks, and an inventory of books owned by Dayton. Ephemera within the collection includes the 1898 report of the "New England Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania," and programs from the West Virginia Republican Association and the New York County Lawyers Association.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126460" source="lcsh">Speeches, addresses, etc</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">West Virginia - politics.</subject>
    <persname source="ingest">Dayton, Alston Gordon</persname>
    <corpname source="ingest">New England Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania</corpname>
    <corpname source="ingest">West Virginia Republican Association</corpname>
    <corpname source="ingest">New York County Lawyer's Association</corpname>
    <corpname source="ingest">West Virginia University. Corps of Cadets</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80067040" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )</corpname>
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