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''Brown v. Maupin'', Jefferson’s Memorandum Books 214 (1771),<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): 1:214.</ref> was a case for slander involving a runaway enslaved person (Brown). [[George Wythe]] served as principal attorney with [[Thomas Jefferson]] assisting. 

==Text of Jefferson's Entry==
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|William Brown (run away) v. Daniel Maupin (Albemarle). Action for slander to come on next ct. Appear for def. Send for spas. G. W. prin.<ref>''Jefferson's Memorandum Books'', 1:214.</ref>
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==See Also==
*[[Wythe the Lawyer]]

==References==
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