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    <abstract id="aspace_ad157dc8c53286c75d08efe1e5671fa2">Two maps and one description of the Fort Van Metre property; a copy of the will of Abraham Van Metre, 1780; sketch of Major Samuel McCulloch; and a picture of Shaw Hall, West Liberty College, thought to be the site of the fort.</abstract>
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    <geogname source="local_LC">Fort Van Metre (Hampshire County, W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Maps.</subject>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141086" source="lcsh">Universities and colleges</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Van Metre, Abraham.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">McCulloch, Samuel.</persname>
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