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<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Journal, 1820-1858, of Matthew Thomson, Sheriff and Justice of the Peace of Clark County, Ky. and his son Sanford Thomson. Entries concern the records of sheriff and justice of the peace; genealogical information concerning the Thomson, Whaley, Bigger, Haynie, Wilkerson, Daniel and Hay families; weather reports and record that an earthquake occurred 15 July 1824; land surveys; remedies for cancer, dropsy and scurvy; lists of slaves and their children with birth dates; marriage, birth and death dates of various residents of Clark County; and lists of Tory officers and information on regulators. 168 p. : bound volume ; 37 cm. </p><p> Journal of Matthew Thomson 1820-1858, Justice of the Peace, Clark County, Kentucky in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number  CS71 .T47 1820</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="local">American loyalists</subject>
    <subject source="local">Cancer--Treatment--History</subject>
    <subject source="local">Clark County (Ky.)--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Earthquakes--Kentucky</subject>
    <subject source="local">Edema--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Scurvy</subject>
    <subject source="local">Slavery--Kentucky--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Weather--Kentucky</subject>
    <famname source="local">Bigger family</famname>
    <famname source="local">Daniels family</famname>
    <famname source="local">Hayes family</famname>
    <famname source="local">Haynie family</famname>
    <famname source="local">Thompson family</famname>
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