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    <unittitle>Botts Family Correspondence</unittitle>
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      <famname source="lcnaf">Botts family</famname>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1933/1946" type="inclusive">Inclusive 1933-1946</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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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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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Botts Family Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0091, 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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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>The Botts family were distantly related to John Minor Botts, 1802-1869, a prominent lawyer and politician in Virginia during the nineteenth century.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection contains approximately 11 items from various descendants and relatives of John Minor Botts (1802-1969), all discussing Botts family genealogy.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="fast">Genealogy</subject>
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    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Botts, John Minor</persname>
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