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[[File:FieldAndHarrison1796Title.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, Determined by the High Court of Chancery, in Which the Decree was Reversed by the Court of Appeals'' (1796). Copy at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia.] ]] | [[File:FieldAndHarrison1796Title.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, Determined by the High Court of Chancery, in Which the Decree was Reversed by the Court of Appeals'' (1796). Copy at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia.] ]] | ||
− | Upon his death, a copy of this pamphlet which had belonged to Wythe was [[Last Will and Testament|bequeathed with his books]] to [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with seven of Wythe's other Chancery decisions which were published as supplements.<ref>"Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in Buckram for the Library of Congress." E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033648109?urlappend=%3Bseq=222 ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''] (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1953), 2:208.</ref> Subsequently, the volume became part of the collection at the Library of Congress, titled on the spine: ''Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99.''<ref>This volume contains pamphlets for: ''[[Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]'' (1796); ''[[Field v. Harrison]]'' (1794); ''[[Fowler v. Saunders]]'' and ''[[Goodall v. Bullock]]'' (1798, together in the same pamphlet); ''[[Wilkins v. Taylor]]'' (1799); ''[[Yates v. Salle]]'' (1792); and ''[[Love v. Donelson]]'' (1801). See also: ''[[Aylett v. Aylett]]'' (1793), and ''[[Overton v. Ross]]'' (1803).</ref> The pamphlet for ''A Report of the Case Between Field and Harrison'' has a handwritten notation, "no. 2," on the first page.<ref>For the pamphlet numerations, see [http://www.worldcat.org/title/report-of-the-case-between-field-and-harrison-determined-by-the-high-court-of-chancery-in-which-the-decree-was-reversed-by-the-court-of-appeals/oclc/6968803 WorldCat.]</ref> | + | Upon his death, a copy of this pamphlet which had belonged to Wythe was [[Last Will and Testament|bequeathed with his books]] to [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with seven of Wythe's other Chancery decisions which were published as supplements.<ref>"Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in Buckram for the Library of Congress." E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033648109?urlappend=%3Bseq=222 ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''] (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1953), [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=222 [2:208]].</ref> Subsequently, the volume became part of the collection at the Library of Congress, titled on the spine: ''Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99.''<ref>This volume contains pamphlets for: ''[[Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]'' (1796); ''[[Field v. Harrison]]'' (1794); ''[[Fowler v. Saunders]]'' and ''[[Goodall v. Bullock]]'' (1798, together in the same pamphlet); ''[[Wilkins v. Taylor]]'' (1799); ''[[Yates v. Salle]]'' (1792); and ''[[Love v. Donelson]]'' (1801). See also: ''[[Aylett v. Aylett]]'' (1793), and ''[[Overton v. Ross]]'' (1803).</ref> The pamphlet for ''A Report of the Case Between Field and Harrison'' has a handwritten notation, "no. 2," on the first page.<ref>For the pamphlet numerations, see [http://www.worldcat.org/title/report-of-the-case-between-field-and-harrison-determined-by-the-high-court-of-chancery-in-which-the-decree-was-reversed-by-the-court-of-appeals/oclc/6968803 WorldCat.]</ref> |
The copy at the Library of Congress has "MS. corrections in the handwriting of Wythe."<ref>Sowerby, 2:208.</ref> | The copy at the Library of Congress has "MS. corrections in the handwriting of Wythe."<ref>Sowerby, 2:208.</ref> |
Revision as of 13:15, 20 January 2016
by George Wythe
A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison | ||
at the College of William & Mary. |
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Author | George Wythe | |
Published | Richmond, VA: Printed and sold by Thomas Nicolson | |
Date | 1796 | |
Language | English | |
Pages | 32 | |
Desc. | 8vo (20 cm.) |
A Report of the Case Between Field and Harrison[1] is a published opinion by George Wythe, for the case Field v. Harrison, Wythe 273 (1794), in Virginia's High Court of Chancery.[2] The report was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicolson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published Wythe's Reports in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.[3]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
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Upon his death, a copy of this pamphlet which had belonged to Wythe was bequeathed with his books to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with seven of Wythe's other Chancery decisions which were published as supplements.[4] Subsequently, the volume became part of the collection at the Library of Congress, titled on the spine: Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99.[5] The pamphlet for A Report of the Case Between Field and Harrison has a handwritten notation, "no. 2," on the first page.[6]
The copy at the Library of Congress has "MS. corrections in the handwriting of Wythe."[7]
See also
- American Bibliography
- Between Fowler and Saunders
- Between Wilkins and Taylor
- Between Yates and Salle
- The Case of Overtons Mill: Prolegomena
- Case upon the Statute for Distribution (pamphlet)
- Field v. Harrison
- Love against Donelson
- Report of the Case between Aylett and Aylett
- Wythe's Library
References
- ↑ George Wythe, A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, Determined by the High Court of Chancery, in Which the Decree was Reversed by the Court of Appeals (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).
- ↑ George Wythe, Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions, 2nd ed., ed. B.B. Minor (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 273.
- ↑ Charles Evans, in his American Bibliography, vol. 11 (1942).
- ↑ "Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in Buckram for the Library of Congress." E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1953), [2:208].
- ↑ This volume contains pamphlets for: Case upon the Statute for Distribution (1796); Field v. Harrison (1794); Fowler v. Saunders and Goodall v. Bullock (1798, together in the same pamphlet); Wilkins v. Taylor (1799); Yates v. Salle (1792); and Love v. Donelson (1801). See also: Aylett v. Aylett (1793), and Overton v. Ross (1803).
- ↑ For the pamphlet numerations, see WorldCat.
- ↑ Sowerby, 2:208.
External Links
- Read this book in Google Books.
- Sowerby Catalogue, at HathiTrust.