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    <abstract id="aspace_a9b729ffcfbc8ed0354a269579a32927">Legal papers of a Morgantown lawyer, partner of United States Senator Waitman T. Willey, prosecuting attorney of Monongalia County, state senator, and judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Included are papers which relate to Bunker's Civil War service and Willey's legal practice. There are a few items of correspondence on land speculation and immigration in post-Civil War West Virginia.</abstract>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81024914" source="lcsh">Monongalia County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059831" source="lcsh">West Virginia</geogname>
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    <subject source="ingest">Immigration.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Judges - letters and papers.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Lawyers - letters and papers.</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Bunker, Edward C.</persname>
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