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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_3a9005769809c8f3989ee5a0a0442ca3">Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rigg Family Papers, A&amp;M 1979, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname source="ingest">Kanawha Falls.</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029210" source="lcsh">Missouri</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Birth, marriage, and death records.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651" source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
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