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    <unittitle>Marshall Society Records</unittitle>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">3 items</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="inferred" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1838/1850" type="inclusive">1838-1850</unitdate>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_d95a4c93c4dfa20168ca15d7d14402f1">The materials in this collection are in English.</langmaterial>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.  Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Marshall Society Records, WLU Coll. 0158, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.</p> <p>In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>The Marshall Society, also known as the Union Debating Society, was a debating society in Lexington, Virginia around l838-1850s.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection's main item is a minute book containing records of the society's debates and business meetings from 1838-1843. It also includes a copy of the society's constitution and a poem written by a member.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>This collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <subject source="fast">Proprietary libraries</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Debates and debating -- Societies, etc.</subject>
    <subject source="fast">Learned Institutions and Societies</subject>
    <geogname source="fast">Virginia -- Lexington</geogname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="ingest">Marshall Society</corpname>
    <corpname rules="aacr" source="ingest">Union Debating Society</corpname>
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