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Thomas Staples Martin Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Purchase: Acc. 1998.01 (Mss. 98 M36) - 717 items Purchase: Acc. 2002.38B - 100 items
Processed by Kathey Feeney in 1998.
Thomas Staples Martin was born in Scottsville, Va. July 29, 1847. He served in the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets in the Civil War. He practiced law and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served until his death November 12, 1919.
Letters, receipts and legal papers of U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin relating chiefly to his law practice in Charlottesville and Scottsville, Va.
Mss. 98 M36 is arranged by topic, then chronologically. Original two boxes have been combined into one box, with Acc. 2002.38 added at the end.
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A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/98_M36_Martin__Thomas.pdf
Business papers of Thomas Staples Martin (1847-1919), lawyer, political boss of the Democratic Party in Virginia. Checks, drafts, letters, receipts, briefs, relating to Martin's law practice in Scottsville and Charlottesville, VA.
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100 items of legal and business papers of Martin including correspondence, documents and checks which chiefly relating to his law practice in Scottsville, Va. Folder list is not on pdf but listed by date with this entry.