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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers, A&amp;M 1086, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>111, 1086</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>The papers include 36 volumes of business and other records, such as the ledgers of the George W. Brinkman merchandising firm, the Mutual Building Company, minutesof the Grafton Rotary Club; journal and statistical report of the Grafton Baptist Church, 1897-1906; and a mas. history of Taylor County in various American wars, and extracts from the Civil War diary of Fabricius A. Cather. Also included are 2 boxes of financial records, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, a partial index to scrapbooks, and a family genealogy. There are also 49 volumes of clipping scrapbooks dealing with Grafton and Taylor County subjects covering the period 1868-1938.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <geogname source="local_LC">Pruntytown (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81122764" source="lcsh">Taylor County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062621" source="lcsh">Wheeling (W. Va.)</geogname>
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    <subject source="ingest">Birth, marriage, and death records.</subject>
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    <subject source="local">Builders and contractors.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Cemeteries -- National Cemetery</subject>
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    <subject source="ingest">Diaries and journals.</subject>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083480" source="lcsh">Memorial Day</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Cather, Fabricius A.</persname>
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