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    <unittitle>John A. Washington Family History Collection</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Washington, John Augustine, 1821 - 1861</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">30 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="approximate" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1880/2016" type="bulk">1880-2016</unitdate>
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    <langmaterial id="aspace_dfdcb549ded02f83659aa4c9fe400af4">This material is entirely in English.</langmaterial>
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    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>The John A. Washington Family History Collection contains genealogic records of the American descendants of 17th century English emigrants Lawrence and John Washington, founders of one of Virginia's most  illustrious families.</p>  </scopecontent>
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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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<p>This collection is available for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: John A. Washington Family History Collection, WLU Coll. 0329, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="fast">Genealogy</subject>
    <persname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Washington, George Augustine</persname>
    <persname role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Washington, John Augustine, 1821 - 1861</persname>
    <famname rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Washington Family</famname>
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