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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1797/1929" type="bulk">1797-1929</unitdate>
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<p>The collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Rockbridge Historical Society files on Lexington Fire Department, RHS Coll. 0047, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA</p>
<p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This file contains: a newspaper clipping about Lexington's fire department in 1829; a list of the first group of Lexington firefighters from 1797; and a souvenir booklet of the Forty-third Annual Convention and Tournament of the Virginia State Firemen's Association.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Fire extinction</subject>
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    <corpname rules="aacr" source="local">Virginia State Firemen's Association</corpname>
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