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    <unittitle>Walter Curtis Ayers Collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname role="com" rules="aacr" source="ingest">Ayers, Walter Curtis</persname>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.33 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1940/1963" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1940-1963</unitdate>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<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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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Walter Curtis Ayers Collection, WLU Coll. 0263, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p></p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (1/8/2002)</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Walter Curtis Ayers, an accountant for Norfolk and Western Railway, was interested in the Benjamin Borden Grant and mapped the grants from the deeds of the grantees.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of registers, indices, folios, plates, wills, charts and data related to the Benjamin Borden Grant of 92,100 acres of land.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Benjamin Borden Grant</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Wills</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Land grants</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Rockbridge County</geogname>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Augusta County</geogname>
    <subject source="fast">Records</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Local government</subject>
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