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The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Franklin Society Records (WLU Coll. 0103), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library,
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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.
This collection includes membership records, officers' reports, business papers, subscription library records, minutes of
the Society's meetings and debates, receipts and letters expressing pleasure at being honored by the Society. One receipt,
dated December 2, 1841, was given by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson while he was a Virginia constable. The receipt was presented
to the Franklin Society [Library] by M. W. Johnson.