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Start Over Date range 1821 Subjects Debates and debating

Franklin Society records 2 Linear Feet

Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington (Lexington, Va.)

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.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Graham Philanthropic Society records 14.5 Linear Feet 15 boxes (1 document case, 14 flat boxes)

Washington and Lee University. Graham Philanthropic Society

This collection includes secretary's books, treasurer's book, librarian's book, treasurer's books, librarian's books, roll books, and constitutions of the Graham Philanthropic Society. The secretary's books document the minutes of the meetings. The first volume in the collection includes the creating documents when the Society was founded in 1809. The books include accounts of debates on current political and social questions, financial information, membership information, and records of student library use.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Periclean Society Records (MS006) .2 Cubic Feet

The Periclean Society constitution and bylaws are found in the front of the book. Membership lists and meeting minutes follow. The minutes list the topics debated, the participants, and the absentees. Members included E. J. Lee, Philip R. Fendall, J. T. Ramsay, John and William Herbert, Charles C. Lee, A. G. Bonner, John Swann, Gustavus Alexander, Francis Peyton, and Samuel Fitzhugh.

  1. Alexandria Library

Washington Literary Society records 16.25 Linear Feet 15 flat boxes, one half-size document box

Washington and Lee University. Washington Literary Society

This collection contains the records of the Washington Literary Society. It includes the Secretary's books (meeting minutes, debate topics, membership rolls), treasurer's books, librarian's books, and roll books and membership registers. It also includes record material associated with The Southern Collegian, including a record book and correspondence. The collection ranges in date from 1814-1918.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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