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''[[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]'' is an essay by [[George Wythe]], a [[Case Upon the Statue for Distribution|discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute]] for the distribution of a dead person's property. ).<ref>George Wythe, [[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'']](Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).</ref> It was published as a pamphlet in 1796, by Thomas Nicholson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe's Reports]] in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.<ref>Charles Evans, in his ''[[American Bibliography]],'' vol. 11 (1942).</ref>
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''[[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|Case upon the Statute for Distribution]]'' is an essay by [[George Wythe]], a [[Case upon the Statute for Distribution|discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute for the distribution]] of a dead person's property.<ref>George Wythe, [[Media:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796.pdf|''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'']] (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).</ref> It was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicholson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe's Reports]] in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.<ref>Charles Evans, in his ''[[American Bibliography]],'' vol. 11 (1942).</ref>
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
[[File:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796Title.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicholson, 1796). Copy at the [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society.] ]]
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Upon his death, Wythe's personal copy of this pamphlet was [[Last Will and Testament|bequeathed with his books]] to [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with six 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>[http://lccn.loc.gov/22003055 Library of Congress catalog record.] 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).</ref> The pamphlet for ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' has a handwritten notation, "no. 1," on the first page.<ref>For the pamphlet numerations, see [http://www.worldcat.org/title/case-upon-the-statute-for-distribution/oclc/22578418 WorldCat.]</ref>
Upon his death, Wythe's personal copy of this pamphlet was [[Last Will and Testament|bequeathed with his books]] to [[Thomas Jefferson]], and subsequently became part of the collection at the Library of Congress. This copy has been bound in a volume with six other Chancery decisions published in pamphlet form. On the spine, the volume is titled: ''Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99'' . The pamphlet for ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' has a handwritten notation, "no. 1," on the first page.<ref>[http://lccn.loc.gov/22003055 Library of Congress catalog record.] 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). For the pamphlet numerations, see [http://www.worldcat.org/title/case-upon-the-statute-for-distribution/oclc/22578418 WorldCat.]</ref>
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The copy at the Library of Congress contains "Several corrections in the text inserted in ink by Wythe."<ref>Sowerby, 2:208.</ref>
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File:WytheCaseUponTheStatuteForDistribution1796Title.jpg|Title page from [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] pamphlet, ''Case upon the Statute for Distribution'' (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicholson, 1796). Copy at the [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society.]
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Revision as of 11:28, 25 March 2015

by George Wythe

Case upon the Statute for Distribution
George Wythe bookplate.jpg
Title not held by The Wolf Law Library
at the College of William & Mary.
 
Author George Wythe
Editor
Translator
Published Richmond, VA: Printed by Thomas Nicolson
Date 1796
Edition
Language English
Volumes volume set
Pages 38
Desc. 8vo (21 cm.)


Case upon the Statute for Distribution is an essay by George Wythe, a discourse concerning a 1705 Virginia statute for the distribution of a dead person's property.[1] It was published in pamphlet form in 1796 by Thomas Nicholson of Richmond, Virginia, who had published Wythe's Reports in 1795, and at least seven other supplements for Wythe, in 1796 and after.[2]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Upon his death, Wythe's personal copy of this pamphlet was bequeathed with his books to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had the pamphlet bound into a volume with six of Wythe's other Chancery decisions which were published as supplements.[3] Subsequently, the volume became part of the collection at the Library of Congress, titled on the spine, Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99.[4] The pamphlet for Case upon the Statute for Distribution has a handwritten notation, "no. 1," on the first page.[5]

The copy at the Library of Congress contains "Several corrections in the text inserted in ink by Wythe."[6]

References

  1. George Wythe, Case upon the Statute for Distribution (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1796).
  2. Charles Evans, in his American Bibliography, vol. 11 (1942).
  3. "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.
  4. Library of Congress catalog record. 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).
  5. For the pamphlet numerations, see WorldCat.
  6. Sowerby, 2:208.

See also

External links

Library of Congress catalog record. Sowerby Catalogue, at HathiTurst.