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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.31 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. (9 reels of microfilm (28 vols.), 1.75 in. each)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_218c63d7f5c23a681f98edacd9cea7de">Daybooks and ledgers of a company store operated by the Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company, an early producer of coal and salt in the Mason County, West Virginia, area.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company Records, A&amp;M 1535, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname source="ingest">Mason County.</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Country stores.</subject>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053768" source="lcsh">General stores</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - coal companies.</subject>
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