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Wythe, George Collection Guide to the George Wythe Collection Mss. 39.2 W99

Guide to the George Wythe Collection Mss. 39.2 W99


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.2 W99
Title
George Wythe  next hit Collection 1779-1927
Quantity
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator
Wythe, George, 1726-1806
Language
English

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. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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:

previous hit George Wythe  next hit Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

The materials in this collection were donated  by Clarence Hodson, Spencer Timm, and Fritz Herschfeld and purchased by W&M Special Collections in batches between 1974 and 1996.

Biographical Information:

previous hit George Wythe  next hit was born in 1726 in Elizabeth City County, Va. He attended the College of William and Mary. Wythe studied law and was a member and clerk of the House of Burgesses. Member of Continental Congress. Signed Declaration of Independence. Speaker of House of Delegates. Judge of Virginia High Court of Chancery. Professor of Law and Police at William and Mary, 1779- 1790. Moved to Richmond where he died in 1806.

Scope and Contents

Copies of letters, 1781-1783, from previous hit George Wythe  next hit, Williamsburg, Va. , one to John Adams and another to Thomas Jefferson concerning the use of the College of William and Mary as a hospital. Also includes a magazine article about Wythe; newspaper copy of William Munford's oration at Wythe's funeral; correspondence, 1921, of Robert M. Hughes concerning a monument for Wythe's grave; a form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery which gives "Forms of Injunctions," Forms of Orders," "Certificates,"Processes,"Executions," "Rules of Court," "Bonds," and "Appeal," of chancery cases from the Richmond High Court (1779-1802); several engravings of Wythe and bills of complaints in lawsuits.

Arrangement of Materials:

All accessions have been combined and filed together under Mss. 39.2 W99.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Adams, John, 1735-1826
  • College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
  • College of William and Mary--History--18th century
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
  • Continential Congress
  • Correspondence
  • Declaration of Independence
  • House of Burgesses
  • Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • Legal documents
  • Marshall-Wythe School of Law
  • Photographs
  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Typescripts
  • United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
  • United States--Lawyers
  • Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty
  • Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Virginia. High Court of Chancery
  • Virginia. High Court of Chancery. Richmond District
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Adams, John, 1735-1826
  • Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • Wythe, George, 1726-1806
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History
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Container List

Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 36 folder: 1 id131957
Collection
  • id131958
    Thoughts on government...written in the year 1776 by the Vice President of the United States, then a member of congress, in a letter to the Hon. previous hit George Wythe  next hit.
    Spetember 29 and October 2 1790
    Scope and Contents

    In the Gazette of the United States. 2 pieces.

  • id131959
    Photostatic copy of a letter from previous hit George Wythe  next hit, at Williamsburg, to Thomas Jefferson
    December 31 1781
    Scope and Contents

    1 piece.

  • id131960
    Printed facsimile of a letter from previous hit George Wythe  next hit to J. Adams
    December 5 1783
    Scope and Contents

    1 piece.

  • id131961
    Typed extracts of letters from William Munford to John Coalter, mentioning previous hit George Wythe  next hit.
    June 13 1790, April 23 and September 30 1791
  • id131962
    Oration delivered by William Munford at the funeral of previous hit George Wythe  next hit
    June 13 1806
    Scope and Contents

    In the Enquirer, Richmond, Va. Photostatic Copy. 1 piece.

  • id131963
    Correspondence of Robert M. Hughes regarding the erection of a monument over the grave of previous hit George Wythe  next hit, and a photograph of the monument
    1921-1922
  • id131964
    America's first professor of law
    July 1926
    Scope and Contents

    In the Mentor, 1 piece.

  • id131965
    Engravings and prints of previous hit George Wythe  next hit
  • id131966
    A printed sheet showing a portrait of previous hit George Wythe  next hit, a cut of the Wythe House at Williamsburg, the design of Wythe's book-plate, and the seal of Virginia
  • id131967
    A newspaper clipping concerning the proposed purchase of the residence of previous hit George Wythe  next hit at Williamsburg, Va.
    February 27 1927
    Scope and Contents

    From the New York Times, 1 piece.

  • id131969
    [Wythe, George]. Legal form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery
    Scope and Contents

    Purchased from J. Presgraves, Nov. 1974

  • id131972
    Bill of complaint in Orange County Court in case of Daniel Hart vs. Christopher Zimmerman, administrator of John Newport signed by previous hit George Wythe  next hit for the plaintiff.
    February 1748
    Scope and Contents

    Debt concerns medicine and doctoral visits. DS. 1 item.

  • id131975
    Bill of complaint in Orange County, Va. in the case of Anthony Strother v. Christopher Zimmerman, administrator of John Newport, signed by previous hit George Wythe  next hit for the plaintiff
    [1748?]
    Scope and Contents

    Concerns debt of 6 pounds and eleven shillings owed by the estate of John Newport to Anthony Strother.

  • id131977
    Bill of complaint in Orange County, Va., in the case of William Russel v. Thomas Dowde, signed by previous hit George Wythe for the plaintiff
    February 1747
    Scope and Contents

    Concerns a debt. Jury found for the defendant. Ph of DS. 2pp. (Original in the Marshall-Wythe Law Library)