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    <unittitle>Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records</unittitle>
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      <persname source="ingest">Fairfax, Ralph</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.17 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1844/1877" type="inclusive">1844-1877</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records, A&amp;M 0845, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81024914" source="lcsh">Monongalia County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Iron furnaces and iron industry.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85132846" source="lcsh">Taxation</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Surveyors and surveying.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Slaves and slavery.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Gladesville Furnace</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Clinton Furnace</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Fairfax, Ralph</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Fairfax, John</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_b06555efe506ee3b5efceb2a8275948d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: List of delinquent taxpayers</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172785" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172777" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170448</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1854/1854" type="inclusive">1854</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_ea654cb679bea680854d60850ee80d5b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Printing; Persons: Justise [sic] Croty; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: Tax receipt</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172786" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172778" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170449</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1855/1855" type="inclusive">1855</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_eae559eabf5376d547dae109e11720d3" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: List of delinquent taxpayers and amounts due</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172787" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172779" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170450</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1856/1856" type="inclusive">1856</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_829286dda393513ab06d1302c21347ca" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: ALS; Persons: G.W. Fairfax to Hanway and Lorentz; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Promissory note</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172788" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172780" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170451</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1870-06-02/1870-06-02" type="inclusive">1870 June 2</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_675b3e0b47f7c1d826be2aa98affedd0" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Printing; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Gladeville, WV; Subjects: Six pieces of Gladeville Furnace scrip (one piece each of $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, and $1.00 scrip; two pieces of $2.00 scrip)</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172789" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172781" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170452</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1877-05-30/1877-05-30" type="inclusive">1877 May 30</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_99f9bba8a98721d62baffd13af6699f2" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Monongalia County, WV; Subjects: Four booklet-type papers containing lists of names and amounts of money (they're either lists of delinquent taxpayers or of men employed by the furnaces)</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172790" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172782" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170453</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_5ad04f752c91135b67a6b18e233ec218" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Various persons; Places: Clinton [District, Monongalia County, WV]; Subjects: "A List of the Hands at Clinton"</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172791" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/172783" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170454</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate></did></c></dsc>
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