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    <unittitle>Alexander White Pitzer Speech</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Pitzer, A. W. (Alexander White)</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Item</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1873/1873">1873</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_6c8574ced6eb1006f62595113f042b09">This collection is housed in a box containing WLU collections 0211-0226.</physloc>
    <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], Alexander White Pitzer Speech, WLU Coll. 0223, Special Collections and Archives, James G. 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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<p>This collection is a handwritten copy of a speech given by Alexander White Pitzer to the Synod of the Virginias at Charles Town, West Virginia in 1873 about the history of Washington and Lee University.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Speeches, addresses, etc., American</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">West Virginia -- Charles Town</geogname>
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    <corpname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of the Virginias</corpname>
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