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    <unittitle>Benjamin Franklin Doswell Correspondence</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="aacr" source="local">Doswell, Benjamin Franklin</persname>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1847/1849" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1847-1849</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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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], Benjamin Franklin Doswell Papers, WLU Coll. 0061, Special Collections, 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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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Miss Ella E. Doswell in 1949.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>This collection consists of letters written by Doswell to his family while he was a student at Washington College.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">College Students -- Family relationships</subject>
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    <persname authfilenumber="nr 91002669 " rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Dabney, George E.</persname>
    <corpname rules="dacs" source="naf">Washington College (Lexington, Va.)</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Whig Party (Va.)</corpname>
    <persname authfilenumber="n 87153930 " rules="aacr" source="ingest">Junkin, George, 1798 - 1868</persname>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="ingest">Skinner, John</persname>
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