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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George P. Parkinson Jr., Ph. D. Dissertation regarding Antebellum State Constitution Making and Other Papers, A&amp;M 4400, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Dissertation and corresponding notes of George P. Parkinson, Ph.D. His dissertation, written for his Ph.D. in history, is on the topic of antebellum state constitution making and the related effects of constitutional radicals and conservatives.</p><p>This collection also includes drafts of several of Parkinson's other papers, as well as materials related to his work as an academic advisor on the Ohio River Project.</p>  </scopecontent>
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