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''Jefferson v. Skipwith'', 1 Jefferson's Memorandum Books 373 (1774),<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): 1:373.</ref> was a case regarding the estate of [[Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson's]] father-in-law, [[wikipedia: John Wayles| John Wayles]] in which [[George Wythe]] represented Jefferson and his wife [[wikipedia: Martha Jefferson|Martha]]. 

==Text of Jefferson's Entry==
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|Note I have emploied Mr. Wythe in the following suits for Mr. Wayles's estate.
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mercer v. Wayles's exrs.
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jefferson et ux. et al. v. Skipwith & [ux.?]
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jefferson et al. v. Stith.
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|Also for Mr. Skelton's estate in Jefferson et ux. v. Fleming's exrs.
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|Also for myself in Harris v. Jefferson et ux.<ref>''Jefferson's Memorandum Books'', 1:373.</ref>
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==See Also==
*[[Wythe the Lawyer]]

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