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==Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph by Thomas Jefferson==
 
==Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph by Thomas Jefferson==
[[File:Jefferson_manuscriptpage2_AnneandEllen.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Excerpt from "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society.]]
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The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"[http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html Library of George Wythe]," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "[http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768 Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806]," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.</ref>  
The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html. 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, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.</ref> The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's [[George Wythe Collection]].
 
  
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[[File:JeffersonInventoryAnneAndEllen.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Detail of page two from Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to [[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead|Ann]] and Ellen Randolph. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]]
|[[Plutarch's Lives|Plutarch’s lives]] 1st. to the 6th. vol. 8vo.<br />   
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|<center>Ann Randolph. & Ellen</center>
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|[[Plutarch's Lives|Plutarch’s lives]] 1<sup>st</sup>. to the 6<sup>th</sup>. vol. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Plutarch's Morals|Morals]] 4.v. 8vo.<br />  
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Plutarch's Morals|Morals]] 4.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.
 
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|[[The Odyssey of Homer|Pope’s Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12mo.<br />  
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|[[Odyssey of Homer|Pope’s Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12<sup>mo.</sup>  
 
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|Shakespear. 3. odd vols. p.f. .<br />
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|[[Shakespeare's Works|Shakespear]]. 3. odd vols. p.f. .  
 
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|Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. 1st. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. vols 12mo<br />   
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|[[Iliad of Homer|Pope’s Homer’s Iliad]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. 3<sup>d</sup>. 4<sup>th</sup>. 5<sup>th</sup>. 6<sup>th</sup> vols 12<sup>mo</sup>   
 
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[The Odyssey of Homer|Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12mo.<br />  
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Odyssey of Homer|Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12<sup>mo.</sup>  
 
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|[[The Dramatick Works of John Dryden|Dryden’s works]]. 6.v. 12mo.<br />  
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|[[Dramatick Works of John Dryden|Dryden’s works]]. 6.v. 12<sup>mo.</sup>  
 
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|[[The Works of Shakespeare|Shakespeare by Theobald]]. the first 6.v. 12mo.
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|[[Works of Shakespeare|Shakespeare by Theobald]]. the first 6.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.
 
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==See also==
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*[[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead]]
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*[[Dabney Carr]]
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*[[James Dinsmore]]
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*[[James Ogilvie]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[John Wayles Eppes]]
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*[[Last Will and Testament]]
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*[[Martha Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Mann Randolph]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 17:27, 29 January 2015

Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge (October 13, 1796 – April 30, 1876)[1] was the granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph and Jefferson's oldest daughter, Martha. Jefferson gave eight titles from Wythe's library jointly to his grandaughters, Ann and Ellen.

Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph 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]

Detail of page two from Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to Ann and Ellen Randolph. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Ann Randolph. & Ellen
Plutarch’s lives 1st. to the 6th. vol. 8vo.
     Morals 4.v. 8vo.
Pope’s Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo.
Shakespear. 3. odd vols. p.f. .
Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. 1st. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th vols 12mo
     Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo.
Dryden’s works. 6.v. 12mo.
Shakespeare by Theobald. the first 6.v. 12mo.

See also

References

  1. See the page for Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia for more information about Ellen Randolph.
  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.