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    <abstract id="aspace_e84fbb8b54ed674f4022a10812a602c5">Typescript copy of "Hamilton Family History and Life on the Frontier," a narrative history of the William Hamilton and John Hamilton families of Augusta County, Virginia, and Tygart Valley, Randolph County, and their descendants from 1747 to 1862. Includes description of the families' interactions with Native Americans on the frontier. Written by Bryan Hamilton in February 1931.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hamilton Family History, A&amp;M 0371, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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