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''Beckham v. Philips'', 1 Jefferson's Memorandum Books 279 (1772),<ref>''Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826''. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd Series, James A. Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997): 1:279.</ref> involved a case in which [[Thomas Jefferson]] replaced [[George Wythe]].

==Text of Jefferson's Entry==
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|Beckham v. Philips. Recd. of Mr. Pendleton 50/.<ref>''Memorandum Books'', 1:243.</ref>
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|[1772]
|[Dec.]
|29.
|''(Beckham v. Philips. Charge the fee. See Nov. 5. 1771)''
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|Henry Beckham (   ) v. Josephus Philips and Nicholas Porter. A caveat of G. W.'s which he desired me to finish for him 1768. June. 18. Same day took N. S. Pd. Walthoe 5/9. &mdash; Aug. 10. inclosd. Sum. to sher. Orange &mdash; 1769 June 15. wrote to E. P. that I hd. obtd. ord. conc. &mdash; 1771. Nov. 5. recd. by E. P. 50/ &mdash; never charged till now because in those cases of G. W.'s I menat to charge nothing which was not voluntarily offd.<ref>''Memorandum Books'', 1:279.</ref>
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==See Also==
*[[Wythe the Lawyer]]

==References==
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[[Category: Cases]]