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    <abstract id="aspace_269ed2f56f09f82cf73a7abe8d53bd57">Papers of the Brown, Parsons, and other West Virginia families and residents. Includes correspondence sent to J. Slidell Brown, a Democratic state senator from Elkins (1916-1935); announcements and programs for reunions of the Brown family of Preston County (1913-1930); a deed and copies of maps of land in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania (1846-1893, undated); financial documents, mainly tax receipts, of the Lilley family of Mercer County (1873-1910); correspondence sent to members of the Reckart family of Preston County (1910-1928); financial documents of W. G. Cambric of Harrison County (1895-1921); wedding announcements and other event invitations (ca. 1890-1920); holiday cards (ca. 1900); and other material.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Brown and Parsons Families Papers, A&amp;M 4127, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042989" source="lcsh">Elkins (W. Va.)</geogname>
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    <persname source="ingest">Brown, J. Slidell.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Cambric, W.G.</persname>
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