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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.4 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_13e68e7e242608ad231584b308bcd4ac">This collection consists of correspondence, land grants, and deeds of early Ruddle settlers, typescript copies of the Ruddle family and the Ruddle Church, ledger books belonging to Preston Ruddle (1895-1914) and other Ruddle family papers, and materials relating to the history of Pendleton County, West Virginia.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Richard Ruddle, Collector, Papers, A&amp;M 2268, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071529" source="lcsh">Pendleton County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="local_LC">Churches  -- West Virginia -- Pendleton County</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Presbyterian and Reformed</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Ruddle Church</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Pendleton County - Churches.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Ruddle Presbyterian Church</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Ruddle, Preston.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Ruddle, Richard.</persname>
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