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.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Separated Material

Receipt dated December 2, 1841

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• 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