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    <abstract id="aspace_d6c4ab692b03030499b856e3f4c5e2aa">A certificate of membership in The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society issued to T. P. Jacobs of New Martinsville, dated at Charleston Feb. 4, 1890; and a typescript letter from J. M. Mason University of Virginia, Aug. 9, 1918, to (Thomas P. Jacobs concerning the printing and circulation of an enclosed five page typescript letter regarding the Virginia Debt controversy.</abstract>
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