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Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge (October 13, 1796 &ndash; April 30, 1876)<ref>See the page for [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Ellen_Wayles_Randolph_Coolidge Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge] in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia for more information about Ellen Randolph.</ref> was the granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson, daughter of [[Thomas Mann Randolph]] and Jefferson's oldest daughter, [[Martha Jefferson Randolph|Martha]]. Jefferson gave eight titles from Wythe's library jointly to his grandaughters, Ann and Ellen.
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Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead (January 23, 1791 &ndash; February 11, 1826)<ref>See the page for [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Ann_Cary_Randolph_Bankhead Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead] in the [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia] for more information about Anne Randolph.</ref> was the granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson, daughter of [[Thomas Mann Randolph]] and Jefferson's oldest daughter, [[Martha Jefferson Randolph|Martha]]. Jefferson gave eight titles from Wythe's library jointly to his granddaughters, Ann and Ellen.
  
 
==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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[[File:Jefferson_manuscriptpage2_AnneandEllen.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Excerpt from "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society.]]
 
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]].
 
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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|[[Plutarch's Lives|Plutarch’s lives]] 1st. to the 6th. vol. 8vo.<br />   
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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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|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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|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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Revision as of 12:23, 31 July 2013

Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead (January 23, 1791 – February 11, 1826)[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 granddaughters, Ann and Ellen.

Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph by Thomas Jefferson

File:Jefferson manuscriptpage2 AnneandEllen.jpg
Excerpt from "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society.

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.

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.

References

  1. See the page for Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia for more information about Anne Randolph.
  2. "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.