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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
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Kathey Feeney, Special Collections Research Center staff
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
Thomas Staples Martin Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase: Acc. 1998.01 (Mss. 98 M36) - 717 items Purchase: Acc. 2002.38B - 100 items
Processing Information
Processed by Kathey Feeney in 1998.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
Letters, receipts and legal papers of U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin relating chiefly to his law practice in Charlottesville and Scottsville, Va.
Arrangement
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Charlottesville (Va.)--History--19th century
- Correspondence
- Lawyers--Virginia--19th century
- Legal documents
- Receipts (financial records)
- Scottsville (Va.)--History--19th century
- United States Senate
- United States-- History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
General
Other Information:
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
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Charlottesville (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id153076
Letters, receipts, and legal papers signed by Thomas S. MartinUndated-1891Scope and Contents
22 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id153077
Checks signed by Thomas S. Martin, for personal and legal expenses1871-1901Scope and Contents
56 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id153078
Letters written to Thomas S. Martin1885-1889Scope and Contents
25 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id153079
Letters written to Thomas S. MartinUndated-1885Scope and Contents
25 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id153080
Letters written to Thomas S. Martin1889-1901Scope and Contents
22 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id153081
Receipts for money received of and accounts for money owed by Thomas S. Martin1857-1878Scope and Contents
31 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id153082
Receipts for money received of and accounts for money owed by Thomas S. Martin1878-1886Scope and Contents
31 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id153083
Receipts for money received of and accounts for money owed by Thomas S. Martin1886-[18]95Scope and Contents
31 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id153084
Checks, many signed by Moon Brothers of Scottsville1868-1885Scope and Contents
53 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id153085
Checks, many signed by Moon Brothers of Scottsville1885-1893Scope and Contents
53 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id153086
Accounts and receipts relating to legal expenses and monetary settlements of cases1872-188[?]Scope and Contents
37 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id153237
Accounts and receipts relating to legal expenses and monetary settlements of casesUndated-1872Scope and Contents
36 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id153238
Accounts and receipts relating to legal expenses and monetary settlements of cases188[?]-1886Scope and Contents
37 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id153239
Accounts and receipts relating to legal expenses and monetary settlements of cases1886-1902Scope and Contents
37 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Letters pertaining to court cases and legal, [18]66-1903EnglishGeneral
18 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Documents calling for citizens to be summoned to the Circuit Courts of Albemarle, Fluvannna, and Buckingham, 1870-1890EnglishGeneral
14 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Testimony of individuals involved in legal proceedings, Undated-1879EnglishGeneral
16 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Deeds verifying transfer of property from one party to another, 1860-1877EnglishGeneral
12 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Deeds verifying transfer of property from one party to another, 1855-1881EnglishGeneral
14 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Wills, often including details about legal rulings on the legitimacy of the documents, 1855-1881EnglishGeneral
6 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Various legal papers, including descriptions of cases and verdicts, Undated-1869EnglishGeneral
24 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Various legal papers, including descriptions of cases and verdicts, 187[?]-1874EnglishGeneral
27 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Various legal papers, including descriptions of cases and verdicts, 1874-1877EnglishScope and Contents
28 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Various legal papers including descriptions of cases and verdicts, 1878-1884EnglishGeneral
28 items
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Various legal papers, including descriptions of cases and verdicts, 1878-1884EnglishGeneral
24 items
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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id62827
Legal and Business Papers1850, 1862-1874
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id62828
Legal and Business Papers1875-1879
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id62829
Legal and Business Papers1880-1884
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id62830
Legal and Business Papers1885-1889
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id62831
Legal and Business Papers1890-1901
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id62832
Legal and Business PapersUnknown