<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv">viblbv01892</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Fergeson, Joseph Letter to Benjamin Fergeson</titleproper><titleproper>Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson, <date>1769</date> <num>Ms.2017.041</num></titleproper><author>Kira A. Dietz, Archivist</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2017 (<emph><extref xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" xlink:type="simple">CC0 1.0</extref></emph>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2023-08-07 13:46:58 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson</unittitle>
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      <persname source="local">Fergeson, Joseph</persname>
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    <abstract id="aspace_dd074479314ef279f7c8f78458f0df6e" label="Abstract">The collection contains a single letter from Joseph Ferguson to his brother, Benjamin Ferguson, in Dinwiddie County, written December 2, 1769.</abstract>
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<p>The collection is open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Permission to publish material from Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson, Ms2017-041, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>The Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson was donated to Special Collections in May 2017.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson was completed in October 2017.</p>  </processinfo>
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<p>The collection contains a single letter from Joseph Ferguson to his brother, Benjamin Ferguson, in Dinwiddie County, written December 2, 1769. The note details the passing of their father, contains updates on Joseph's health, and a request that Benjamin bring "one of them small guns" when he visits.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local">Local/Regional History and Appalachian South</subject>
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    <persname source="local">Fergeson, Benjamin</persname>
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