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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_622926ceba42de6c4859d54055ed4d93">Correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, and other assorted materials relating to the Little Kanawha Railroad and sister companies in West Virginia and surrounding states. The papers deal with the purchase by the Little Kanawha Syndicate of the Little Kanawha Railroad, which ran from Zanesville to Parkersburg, and the surrounding coal lands. Members of the syndicate included George J. Gould, William E. Guy, and Joseph Ramsey, Jr. Correspondents include: J.T. Blair, Lawrence Greer, J.S. Jones, J.W. Patterson, and Joseph Ramsey, Jr.</abstract>
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    <geogname source="ingest">Parkersburg.</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Little Kanawha Syndicate.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroad - Little Kanawha Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Little Kanawha Railroad.</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Blair, J.T.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86011638" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Gould, George Jay, 1864-1923</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Greer, Lawrence.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Guy, William E.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Jones, J.S.</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001019169" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Patterson, Joseph W.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Ramsey, Joseph Jr.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Ramsey, Joseph Jr.</persname>
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