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George French:  commission and oaths</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/6920" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/4/archival_objects/6137</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1813-14</unitdate><container id="aspace_d1df5c1a88116e5b96b316d469e5b184" label="Mixed Materials [35007008144192]" type="box">MSS 87-3b, Box 1 </container></did></c01><c01 id="aspace_2f510aec9c90ba752d7e9ae4b412e876" level="file"><did><unittitle>Ely Dorsey v. 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