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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">3 in. (1 flat storage box)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1860/1866" type="inclusive">1860-1866</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Hamilton, General Store Account Ledger, A&amp;M 3447, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>One ledger for general store in Evansville, Preston County, owned by William Hamilton, containing over 440 pages (8 in. x 13 in. x 2 in.).  Includes accounting records arranged alphabetically by last name listing items purchased including cost. Ledger includes 12 Civil War related entries; the author noted that the Union Army was stationed there from December 1861 to February 1862, as the army paid him for oats and corn for horses. includes mentions of at least two Civil War soldiers, Alexander Shahan and Alexander Sinclair.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032203" source="lcsh">Preston County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Evansville (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053768" source="lcsh">General stores</subject>
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