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Thomas B. Corbett

Best known for preserving Colorado’s civic and industrial story in book-length reference works, this little-known compiler turned legislative process, mining activity, and state history into practical guides for readers of his time.

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The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc.

The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc.

by Thomas B. Corbett

About the author

Thomas B. Corbett is remembered as the compiler of The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado and The Colorado Directory of Mines, two substantial late-19th-century works tied to Colorado’s government, history, and mining industry.

His writing suggests a practical, documentarian approach rather than a literary one: he gathered laws, procedures, historical material, and reference information into books meant to be useful to legislators, officials, and general readers looking for a clear record of the state.

Very little biographical information about him is readily confirmed from the sources consulted here, so it is safest to describe him as a historical compiler and reference author associated with Colorado civic and mining publications, rather than make broader claims about his life or career.