Conway Whittle Sams (August 25, 1864 - May 11, 1935) was an American lawyer and historian. In addition to authoring books on early

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history, he published ''Shall Women Vote?'' in 1913 to argue against

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.(6 June 1914)
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, he graduated from the

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in 1887 and lived much of his life and practiced law in

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.Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion
p. 249 (1940)Bond, Lula Sams and Laura Sams Sanders. The Sams Family of South Carolina (Continued)., ''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'', Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 1963), pp. 105-113 ("Conway Whittle Sams, born August 25, 1864, McPhersonville, South Carolina, died May 11, 1935 ...")

Selected bibliography

* ''Sams on Attachment'' (1896) (legal treatise) * ''Shall Women Vote? A Book for Men'' (1913) * ''The conquest of Virginia: the forest primeval'' (1916) * ''Conquest of Virginia, the first attempt'' (1924) * ''Conquest of Virginia, the second attempt'' (1929) * ''Conquest of Virginia, the third attempt'' 1610-1624 (1939)

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Shall Women Vote? A Book for Men (1913)
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Conquest of Virginia, the first attempt (1924)
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Conquest of Virginia, the second attempt (1929)
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Conquest of Virginia, the third attempt 1610-1624 (1939)
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