Franklin Society ArchivesWLU.Coll.0103
Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0103
Title
Franklin Society Archives 1801-1891
Quantity
2 Linear Feet, 43 bound ledgers
Language
English
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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.
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.
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.
Receipt dated December 2, 1841
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
Text [0000004187] box: 1
Address; Finances; Receipts (1887)
23 Files
1839-01-171887English.
Text [0000004188] box: 2
Historical Affairs; Library Affairs; Membership Rolls
25 Files
1854-1891English.
Scope and Contents
Historical Affairs; Library Affairs; Membership Rolls (1854-1875, 1891)
Text [0000004198] box: 3
Membership Certificates; Outside Bills; Presidents' Reports; Proceedings
23 Files
1801-1891English.
Books [0000004190] box: 4
Secretary's Books
5 Item
1801-1818English.
Text [0000004192] box: 5
Union Society; F.S. Constitution; Visitors Log; Membership Log
3 Item
1806-1896English.
Scope and Contents
Union Society 1806-1808; F.S. Constitution 1838, 1857-1896; Visitors Log 1857-1875; Membership Log 1816-1888
Books [0000004191] box: 6
Secretary's Books
3 Item
1816-1830English.
Books [0000004193] box: 7
Secretary's Books
3 Item
1830-1845English.
Books [0000004194] box: 8
Secretary's Books
2 Item
1845-1860English.
Books [0000004183] box: 9
Secretary's Books
2 Item
1860-1886English.
Books [0000004195] box: 10
Secretary's Books
2 Item
1833-1891English.
Books [0000004196] box: 11
Treasurer's Books
3 Item
1864-1885English.
Books [0000004197] box: 12
Library Books; Blotter and undated Scrapbook
5 Item
1813-1846English.
Scope and Contents
Library Books 1813-1823, 1827-1846; Blotter and undated Scrapbook
Books [0000004199] box: 13
Library Book; Annual Reports
2 Item
1818-1863English.
Scope and Contents
Library Book (undated); Annual Reports 1818-1863
Books [0000004200] box: 14
Library Books; Roll Book
1 Item
1840-1886English.
Scope and Contents
Library Books 1840-1878; Roll Book 1873-1886
Books [0000004201] box: 15
Library Books
2 Item
1847-1888English.
Scope and Contents
Library Books 1847-1866, 1874-1888
Books [0000004202] box: 16
Inventory/Invoice; Treasurer's Books
5 Item
1813-1865English.
Scope and Contents
Inventory/Invoice 1813-1837; Treasurer's Books 1817-31, 1844-65
Books [0000004203] box: 17
Accounts; Receipt Book
3 Item
1870-1888English.
Scope and Contents
Accounts 1870-1887; Receipt Book 1873-1888
Text [0000004204] box: 18
Miscellaneous Papers
1 Files
1851-1884English.