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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.15 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1858/1913" type="inclusive">1858-1913</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_1d419d6b04840203e356e7641faadd7a">Correspondence, speeches, essays, financial notes, certificates, an account book, a class attendance book for 1860, and a term paper prepared for a Glenville College, West Virginia, history class entitled, 'The Aaron D. Peterson Family.' The correspondence contains letters written by David T. Peterson to family and friends while serving with Federal forces in the Civil War. Subjects include schools, politics, farming, Civil War camps, units, troop movements, and battles at Droop Mountain, Moorefield, and Winchester, Virginia.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Peterson Family Papers, A&amp;M 2028, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="local">Women's history -- 1900-1929</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Civil War battles - Winchester.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Politics and government.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber=" http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000413" source="lcsh">Account books</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Civil War battles - Droop Mountain.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Farms and farming.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Women's history -- 1850-1899</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Civil War battles - Moorefield.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989" source="lcsh">Education</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Schools. SEE ALSO Academies</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205" source="lcsh">United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141086" source="lcsh">Universities and colleges</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Civil War -- Camps and camp life</subject>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82043336" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Glenville State College</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Peterson, Aaron D.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Peterson, David T.</persname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100328" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Peterson family</famname>
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