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In December 1890 the curator spent four days in Virginia and West Virginia [[strikethrough]] visiting during [[?]] when he [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] for the special purpose of examining some collections of papers and other personal relics of General Washington in possession of some of the [[?]] Washington family residing in Fauquier County Va. and in Charlestown, West Vg.
[[strikethrough]] The state [[/strikethrough]] Two nights and a day were spent [[strikethrough]] the State [[/strikethrough]] in the town of Marshall, at Wavelands [[strikethrough]] [[?]] Fauquier County [/strikethrough]] and a large number of interesting papers were found there and [[strikethrough]] brought to the [[/strikethrough]] secured as a loan to The National Museum. They attached much attention [[strikethrough]] at the during Decemb [[/strikethrough]] while on exhibition for several months when they were 

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Not quite sure how pencil edits should be handled; i.e. part of initial writing? Or done much later by someone else. Chose to ignore them.