Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Franklin Society Archives, WLU Coll. 0103, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VAIn some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Franklin Society in 1891.
Biographical / Historical
The Franklin Society, formally known as the "Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington" was a literary and debating society and an affiliated subscription library of Lexington, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Includes membership records, officers' reports, business papers, subscription library records, minutes of the Society's meetings and debates. Includes receipts and letters expressing pleasure at being honored by the society. Receipt dated December 2, 1841 from Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson while he was a Virginia constable, which was later given to the Franklin Society.
Separated Material
Receipt dated December 2, 1841
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Debates and debating
- Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington (Lexington, Va.)
- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
- Libraries
- Literature
- Literature -- Societies, etc.
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Records
- Societies
Container List
Historical Affairs; Library Affairs; Membership Rolls (1854-1875, 1891)
Union Society 1806-1808; F.S. Constitution 1838, 1857-1896; Visitors Log 1857-1875; Membership Log 1816-1888
Library Books 1813-1823, 1827-1846; Blotter and undated Scrapbook
Library Book (undated); Annual Reports 1818-1863
Library Books 1840-1878; Roll Book 1873-1886
Library Books 1847-1866, 1874-1888
Inventory/Invoice 1813-1837; Treasurer's Books 1817-31, 1844-65
Accounts 1870-1887; Receipt Book 1873-1888