Wythepedia:Community portal

Assigned Projects

• Case reports - Fred
• Letters and papers - Andy
• Descriptions of our copies of Wythe Collection books - Linda and GRFs
• Scans of title pages and illustrations from each Wythe Collection book - Linda and GRFs
• Pictures of each signature or bookplate from the Known Surviving Wythe Volumes - Steve and Linda
• Duval-Jefferson correspondence regarding Wythe's death and his will - Linda
• Jefferson-Sanderson correspondence - Linda
• Metadata for uploaded images - Jonathan

Needs

• Information about each book in the George Wythe Collection as it relates to history of legal education or history of law - this could include publishing history as well

• Aspects of Wythe's Life
  • Early life
  • Career as a Lawyer
  • Early Career as a Politician (including service as clerk in House of Burgesses to Privileges and Elections, and Propositions and Grievances Committees)
  • John Robinson Scandal
  • Revolutionary Activities (including Continental Congress)
  • Rivalry with Edmund Pendleton
  • Position on Slavery?
  • Judicial Career
  • Bios of Letter Writers and Uncle Judge Billy

• Wythe's Students
• Blurbs or reviews of Wythe biographies
• Pictures and scans to spruce up article pages
• Macclesfield page linking pages with bookplate and Wythe comparisons
• Foulis Press page linking to Foulis books

Please see the Wanted Pages to see a list of needed pages.

FINISHED!!

• Bolling v. Bolling - Michael
• Chair of Professor of Law and Police - Lauren*Wythe's use of classical and civil law citations - Jim
• Commonwealth v. Caton - Michael
• Reactions to Wythe's death by leaders of the day, students, etc. Check Marshall papers and Tucker-Coleman papers at Swem. - Paul
• Wythe the teacher - Jim