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John Wayles Eppes
United States Senator from Virginia
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March 4, 1817–December 4, 1819
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
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Born	April 19, 1773
	Chesterfield County, Virginia
Died	September 13, 1823 (aged 50)
	Buckingham County, Virginia
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Alma mater	Hampden-Sydney College
Profession	Lawyer Politician
Spouse(s)	Mary (Maria) Jefferson Martha Burke Jones
Relatives	Thomas Jefferson, father-in-law
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John Wayles Eppes (April 7, 1773 – September 13, 1823) was the nephew of Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, and the husband of Jefferson's daughter, Maria. Eppes' political career included terms as both a United States congressman and senator.^[1] Eppes received nine titles from Wythe's library as part of Jefferson's dispersement.

Wythe Books Given to Eppes by Thomas Jefferson

The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.^[2] The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.

Th.J. Randolph. J.W. Eppes. Herodotus. 8.v. 12mo. Foulis Xenophontis historia. 4.v. 8vo. Foulis Polybius. Gr. Lat. 3.v. 8vo. Caesar fol. Foul. Cornelius Nepos. Lat. Eng. by Arrol. 8vo. Homeri Ilias. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis      Odysseus. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis. Horace de Dacier. Lat. Fr. 10.v. 8vo. Ciceronis opera. Lat. 20.v. 16[mo?]. Foulis

Detail from page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to John Eppes. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

See also

• Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead
• Dabney Carr
• Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
• James Dinsmore
• James Ogilvie
• Jefferson Inventory
• Last Will and Testament
• Martha Jefferson Randolph
• Thomas Jefferson Randolph
• Thomas Mann Randolph
• Wythe the Teacher

References

1. ↑ Charles D. Lowery, "Eppes, John Wayles" in American National Biography Online, 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also John Wayles Eppes in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.