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Thomas B. Corbett

A careful compiler of early Colorado history, law, and civic reference, this 19th-century writer turned complex public records into books ordinary readers and lawmakers could actually use. His surviving work offers a vivid window into how a young state tried to organize itself.

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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 best known for The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado (1877), a substantial reference book created for Colorado's General Assembly. The volume brings together state history, legislative annals, parliamentary procedure, constitutional texts, and other practical material, showing him as a writer focused on public information and orderly recordkeeping.

Other surviving bibliographic records also credit him with The Colorado Directory of Mines (1879), suggesting that his work extended beyond government procedure into the fast-growing mining world that shaped Colorado in the late 19th century. Taken together, these books portray him as a compiler and civic-minded reference author rather than a novelist or memoirist.

Little reliable biographical detail about his personal life was readily confirmed from the sources available here, so the man himself remains somewhat in the background. What does come through clearly is his usefulness: his books were built to help readers navigate a developing state, and they still interest historians, researchers, and curious readers today.