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Although [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary are thought to have been extant as late as 1810, no collection of [[Wythe's Lost Papers|George Wythe's papers or correspondence]] has survived to the present day. Instead, the list below derives from Wythe's contemporaries. As a leader of the Revolution, Wythe exchanged correspondence with many of the notable men of his time and it is from their papers that we piece together the Chancellor's collection.
 
Although [[George Wythe|Wythe's]] lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary are thought to have been extant as late as 1810, no collection of [[Wythe's Lost Papers|George Wythe's papers or correspondence]] has survived to the present day. Instead, the list below derives from Wythe's contemporaries. As a leader of the Revolution, Wythe exchanged correspondence with many of the notable men of his time and it is from their papers that we piece together the Chancellor's collection.
  
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=== Robert Carter ===
 
=== Robert Carter ===
 
*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, 11 June 1771]], in ''Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc.'', ''available at'' [http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=675&lotIdNo=27110].   
 
*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, 11 June 1771]], in ''Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc.'', ''available at'' [http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=675&lotIdNo=27110].   
*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, 29 May 1772]], in ''The Members of the Continental Congress'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9e4-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b].
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*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, 29 May 1772]], in ''The Members of the Continental Congress'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9e4-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b]].
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 6 July 1772]], in "Robert Carter letter books and day books, 1771-1804 and undated," (Archives & Manuscripts, Duke University Libraries).
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 4 October 1772]], in "Robert Carter letter books and day books, 1771-1804 and undated," (Archives & Manuscripts, Duke University Libraries).
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 20 June 1774]], in "Robert Carter letter books and day books, 1771-1804 and undated," (Archives & Manuscripts, Duke University Libraries).
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*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, 2 July 1774]], "Signers of the Declaration of Independence : collection of autograph letters and documents, 1750-1830," (Literary and Historical Manuscripts, [https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/119291 Morgan Library & Museum]).
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 2 June 1776]], in "Robert Carter letter books and day books, 1771-1804 and undated," (Archives & Manuscripts, Duke University Libraries).
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 19 January 1779]], in "Robert Carter letter books and day books, 1771-1804 and undated," (Archives & Manuscripts, Duke University Libraries)
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*[[Wythe to Robert Carter, October 1792]], in (Library & Archives, Maine Historical Society).
  
 
=== George Rogers Clark ===
 
=== George Rogers Clark ===
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*[[Wythe, William Ellery & Committee on Clothing to Nicholas Cooke, 11 October 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 334.
 
*[[Wythe, William Ellery & Committee on Clothing to Nicholas Cooke, 11 October 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 334.
  
=== Tim Danielson ===
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=== Bartholomew Dandridge ===
*[[Tim Danielson & Massachusetts General Court Committee Near White Plains to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 3 November 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r79, i65, v1, p131.
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*[[Land Title Opinion, 15 December 1773]], [https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw4.033_0025_0028/ George Washington Papers,] Library of Congress.
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=== Timothy Danielson ===
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*[[Timothy Danielson & Massachusetts General Court Committee Near White Plains to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 3 November 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r79, i65, v1, p131.
  
 
=== Alexander Donald ===
 
=== Alexander Donald ===
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*[[Wythe & Archibald Cary to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M332, r8, f876.
 
*[[Wythe & Archibald Cary to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M332, r8, f876.
 
*[[Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=14].   
 
*[[Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=14].   
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*[[Gov. Harrison to Col. Charles Dabney, 13 Nov 1782]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 3, ''The Letters of Thomas Nelson and Benjamin Harrison'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1929), 376.
 
*[[Wythe to Benjamin Harrison, 24 June 1783]], in ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26b7-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9].
 
*[[Wythe to Benjamin Harrison, 24 June 1783]], in ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26b7-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9].
 
*[[Wythe & the Inhabitants of Williamsburg, VA to Benjamin Harrison, July 1783]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r60, i46, p89.
 
*[[Wythe & the Inhabitants of Williamsburg, VA to Benjamin Harrison, July 1783]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r60, i46, p89.
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=== Patrick Henry ===
 
=== Patrick Henry ===
*[[Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, & Francis Lightfoot Lee to Patrick Henry]], 17 September 1776, in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 190.
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*[[Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, & Francis Lightfoot Lee to Patrick Henry|Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, & Francis Lightfoot Lee to Patrick Henry, 17 September 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 190.
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*[[Wythe et al. to Patrick Henry(?), 7 November 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 451.
 
*[[Wythe et al. to Patrick Henry(?), 7 November 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 451.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, 24 May 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 151-152.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 27 May 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 153-154.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 27 May 1777*]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 154-155.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 31 May 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 156-157.
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*[[Desposition of Gov. Henry as to Purchase of Lands from the Indians, 4 June 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 157-164.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 20 June 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 165.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 30 October 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 198-199.
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*[[Governor Henry to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, George Wythe, 10 November 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 201-202.
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*[[Governor Henry to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, George Wythe, 11 November 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 203-204.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 18 November 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 205-207.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 5 December 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 210.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 11 December 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 214.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 7 January 1778]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 225-227.
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*[[Governor Henry to George Wythe, 17 January 1778]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 231.
  
 
=== Samuel Huntington ===
 
=== Samuel Huntington ===
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=== James Madison ===
 
=== James Madison ===
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*[[Wythe to James Madison, February 1785]], in William C. Rives, ''History of the Life and Times of James Madison,'' vol. 2, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1870), 6.
 
*[[James Madison to Wythe, 15 April 1785|Madison to Wythe, 15 April 1785]], in ''The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 8'', eds. William T. Hutchinson & William M. E. Rachal, (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 262-63, ''also available at'' The Library of Congress: [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/mjm:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28mjm012534%29%29].
 
*[[James Madison to Wythe, 15 April 1785|Madison to Wythe, 15 April 1785]], in ''The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 8'', eds. William T. Hutchinson & William M. E. Rachal, (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 262-63, ''also available at'' The Library of Congress: [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/mjm:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28mjm012534%29%29].
 
*[[Wythe to Madison, 8 September 1788]], in ''The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 17'', (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 528.
 
*[[Wythe to Madison, 8 September 1788]], in ''The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 17'', (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 528.
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*[[Wythe to John Norton, 18 July 1771]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 169.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton, 18 July 1771]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 169.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton, 29 May 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 242-43.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton, 29 May 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 242-43.
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*[[Wythe to John Norton, 17 June 1772]], "Norton Papers," John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton, 8 September 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 270.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton, 8 September 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 270.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton & Son, 12 December 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 290.
 
*[[Wythe to John Norton & Son, 12 December 1772]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 290.
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*[[Wythe to Edmund Randolph, 16 June 1787]], in ''The Federal Convention'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-ccfa-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6].
 
*[[Wythe to Edmund Randolph, 16 June 1787]], in ''The Federal Convention'', (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), ''available at'' [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcf4e50c-ccfa-6423-e040-e00a18061eb6].
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=== John Randolph ===
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*[[Wythe to John Randolph, 13 October 1774]], "Miscellaneous Manuscripts," John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg.
  
 
=== William Alexander Rind ===
 
=== William Alexander Rind ===
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=== St. George Tucker ===
 
=== St. George Tucker ===
*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 3 April 1774]], [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7010 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 22 April 1774]], [https://scrcguides.libraries.wm.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/595824 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 22 April 1774]], [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7010 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 10 October 1784]], [https://scrcguides.libraries.wm.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/597072 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 10 October 1784]], [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7010 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 2 January 1786]], [https://scrcguides.libraries.wm.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/597312 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 2 January 1786]], [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7010 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 23 October 1792]], [https://scrcguides.libraries.wm.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/598416 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
*[[Wythe to St. George Tucker, 23 October 1792]], [http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7010 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
 
  
 
===Samuel Tyler===
 
===Samuel Tyler===
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*[[Wythe to George Washington, 16 July 1787]], in ''The Centennial Book of the Signers'' (Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart, 1872), 257.
 
*[[Wythe to George Washington, 16 July 1787]], in ''The Centennial Book of the Signers'' (Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart, 1872), 257.
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks'' (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), image 139, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138].
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks'' (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), image 139, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138].
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=== John West ===
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*[[Wythe to John West, 14 July 1757]], Pennsylvania Historical Society.
  
 
=== Thomas Whiting ===
 
=== Thomas Whiting ===
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*[[David Wooster to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 11 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i161, p265.
 
*[[David Wooster to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 11 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i161, p265.
  
== Letters regarding Wythe ==
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== Letters about Wythe ==
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*[[John Page, Lieutenant-Governor, to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1776]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 9-11.
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*[[Governor Henry to John Hancock, President of Congress, 19 November 1776]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 64-71.
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*[[John Page, Lieutenant-Governor, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 23 June 1777]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 165-167.
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*[[Governor Henry to Colonel William Preston and Colonel William Fleming, 27 March 1778]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 1, ''The Letters of Patrick Henry'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 257-260.
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*[[Governor Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, 17 June 1779]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 2, ''The Letters of Thomas Jefferson'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1928), 7-11.
  
*[[Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 26 July 1780]], Mss. SI Jefferson, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 26 July 1780]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 2, ''The Letters of Thomas Jefferson'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1928), 140-141.
  
*[[Gov. Harrison to Col. Charles Dabney, 13 Nov 1782]], from the ''Virginia State Archives, Executive Papers'' (Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. III The Letters of Thomas Nelson and Benjamin Harrison, 1929, pg 376-377).
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*[[Governor Thomas Jefferson to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 15 March 1781]], in ''Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia'', vol. 2, ''The Letters of Thomas Jefferson'', ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1928), 410-411.
  
 
*[[Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1784]], in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib000909].
 
*[[Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1784]], in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib000909].
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* [[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence|Jefferson-DuVal correspondence]], twelve letters between June 4 and December 10, 1806, in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016175].
 
* [[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence|Jefferson-DuVal correspondence]], twelve letters between June 4 and December 10, 1806, in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016175].
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* [[William Munford to General John Preston|William Munford to General John Preston, 16 June 1806]], letter eight days after George Wythe's death.
  
 
* [[Jefferson-Peale Correspondence|Jefferson-Peale correspondence]], six letters dated between November 22 and December 24, 1806, in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016602].
 
* [[Jefferson-Peale Correspondence|Jefferson-Peale correspondence]], six letters dated between November 22 and December 24, 1806, in ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827'', (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016602].
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*[[Wythe to Shermer, 10 July 1755]], ordering scientific equipment from London, [http://library.haverford.edu/file-id-1037 Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection,] [http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections/ Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College,] Haverford, Pennsylvania.
 
*[[Wythe to Shermer, 10 July 1755]], ordering scientific equipment from London, [http://library.haverford.edu/file-id-1037 Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection,] [http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections/ Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College,] Haverford, Pennsylvania.
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*[[Syms and Eaton Schools and Their Successor|Indenture between Sym's Free School and George Wythe]], 15 July 1760, Elizabeth City county records.
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*[[Order to the Sheriff of Loudoun County, 10 September 1761]], in "Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, collector. Signers of the Declaration of Independence" (The Rosenbach Museum & Library). [https://rosenbach.catalogaccess.com/archives/32212 Catalog]
  
 
*[[Elizabeth City County Court Records, 6 September 1763|Elizabeth City County Court Records]], 6 September 1763, in the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb4ebb8a-0e41-c85e-e040-e00a18063bc4 Thomas Addis Emmet Collection,] Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.
 
*[[Elizabeth City County Court Records, 6 September 1763|Elizabeth City County Court Records]], 6 September 1763, in the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb4ebb8a-0e41-c85e-e040-e00a18063bc4 Thomas Addis Emmet Collection,] Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.
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*[[Treasurer's bond, 10 April 1767]]. Original image at [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 Invaluable.]
 
*[[Treasurer's bond, 10 April 1767]]. Original image at [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 Invaluable.]
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*[[6 Questions put to Mr G.W., which questions, he answered 25th August 1768]], Yale University Library.
  
 
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*[[Bill for Statue for General Washington at Williamsburg|Bill for Statute for General Washington at Williamsburg, 1783]]
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*[[Honorary Degree Conferred on Jefferson by the College of William and Mary]], 20 January 1783. Massachusetts Historical Society.
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*[[Bill for Statue for General Washington at Williamsburg|Bill for Statue for General Washington at Williamsburg, 1783]]. Breckinridge Family Papers, 1752-1965. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  
 
*[[Swearingen License, 22-28 June 1786|Surveyor's license issued by Governor Patrick Henry and signed by Wythe, June 22, 1786]]. Original image at [https://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/patrick-henry-surveyor-s-license-twice-signed/a/6113-34003.s Heritage Auctions.]
 
*[[Swearingen License, 22-28 June 1786|Surveyor's license issued by Governor Patrick Henry and signed by Wythe, June 22, 1786]]. Original image at [https://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/patrick-henry-surveyor-s-license-twice-signed/a/6113-34003.s Heritage Auctions.]
  
*[[Wythe, Edmund Pendleton, et al. to the Virginia Independent Chronicle & the Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser “Resignation of the Judges,11 March 1789|Wythe, Edmund Pendleton, et al. to the ''Virginia Independent Chronicle'' & the ''Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser'' "Resignation of the Judges," 11 March 1789]], in ''The Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 1734-1803 Vol. II'', ed. David John Mays (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1967), 553-54.
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*[[Resignation of the Judges, 11 March 1789|Resignation of the Judges, 11 March 1789]], in ''The Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 1734-1803 Vol. II'', ed. David John Mays (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1967), 553-54.
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*[[Resignation as Professor of Law and Police]], 15 September 1789, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
  
 
*[[Plaintiff's Bill, 19 August 1797|Plaintiff's bill in the suit of Warner Washington v. David Williamson, August 19 1797]], available at [http://www.eacgallery.com/GEORGE_WYTHE__1726_1806__MANUSCRIPT_DOCUMENT_SIGNE-LOT9139.aspx EAC Gallery.]
 
*[[Plaintiff's Bill, 19 August 1797|Plaintiff's bill in the suit of Warner Washington v. David Williamson, August 19 1797]], available at [http://www.eacgallery.com/GEORGE_WYTHE__1726_1806__MANUSCRIPT_DOCUMENT_SIGNE-LOT9139.aspx EAC Gallery.]

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Letter from Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, dated December 22, 1786. Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.


Although Wythe's lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary are thought to have been extant as late as 1810, no collection of George Wythe's papers or correspondence has survived to the present day. Instead, the list below derives from Wythe's contemporaries. As a leader of the Revolution, Wythe exchanged correspondence with many of the notable men of his time and it is from their papers that we piece together the Chancellor's collection.

Letters

John Adams

Samuel Adams

Robert Alexander

William Alexander, Lord Stirling

Joseph Blewer

Thomas Burke

Robert Carter

George Rogers Clark

Nicholas Cooke

Bartholomew Dandridge

Timothy Danielson

Alexander Donald

Benjamin Franklin

  • Wythe to Franklin, 23 June 1766, in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766, eds. Leonard W. Labaree et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1969), 321, available at [5].
  • Wythe to Franklin, 6 September 1777, in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 24: May 1, 1777 through September 30, 1777, eds. William B. Willcox et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984), 506, available at [6].

Thomas Greenough

John Hancock

Benjamin Harrison

George Hay

Moses Hazen

Patrick Henry

  • Governor Henry to George Wythe, 24 May 1777, in Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. 1, The Letters of Patrick Henry, ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 151-152.

Samuel Huntington

Anthony Irby

John Jay

Thomas Jefferson

Joseph Jones

Henry Laurens

Richard Henry Lee

Christopher Leffingwell

Abraham Livingston

James Madison

George Mason

Philip Mazzei

James Mercer

Richard Montgomery

George Morgan

Robert C. Nicholas

John Norton

John Hatley Norton

William Paulding

Edmund Pendleton

Beverley Randolph

Edmund Randolph

John Randolph

William Alexander Rind

Everard Robinson

Philip Schuyler

Peter Simon

John Tabb

Charles Thomson

Jonathan Trumbull

St. George Tucker

Samuel Tyler

James Warren

Bushrod Washington

George Washington

John West

Thomas Whiting

  • Thomas Whiting to Wythe, 22 November 1777, in Michael J. Crawford, ed., Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 10, pt. 2, American Theatre Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777; European Theatre, Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1996), 572-573.

Nathaniel Woodhull

David Wooster

Letters about Wythe

  • Jefferson-Carr correspondence, seven letters dated between December 30, 1786 and May 29, 1789, most appear in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974).
  • Jefferson-DuVal correspondence, twelve letters between June 4 and December 10, 1806, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [92].
  • Jefferson-Peale correspondence, six letters dated between November 22 and December 24, 1806, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [93].
  • Jefferson-Tyler correspondence, two letters dated November 12 and 25, 1810, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [96] and [97].
  • Jefferson-Sanderson correspondence, three letters dated between August 19 and November 24, 1820, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [100].
  • Jefferson-Du Ponceau correspondence, two letters dated December 28, 1820, and January 3, 1821, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [101].

Papers

1740-1769

  • Remonstrance to the House of Commons, 8 December 1764, in Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1761-1765 (Richmond, VA: Colonial Press, Everett Waddey Co., 1907), 303-304.

1770-1779

  • Land Title Opinion, 15 December 1773, George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 4 General Correspondences, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), images 25-27, available at [102].
  • Tucker's Certificate of the Admission, 4 April 1774, St. George Tucker's license to practice law in the county and inferior courts of Virginia, signed and sealed by John Randolph and George Wythe.
  • Agreement of Secrecy, Continental Congress, 9 November 1775, in Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360, National Archives.
  • Address to the Foreign Mercenaries, [May 1776], in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 651-652, available at [103].
  • Address to the Indians, 6 June 1776, in The Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives, Washington, D.C., available at [105].

1780-1799

  • Anti-Slavery Petition, inhabitants of various parts of Virginia, 16 November 1795, Legislative Petitions microfilm reel 233, Library of Virginia.

1800-1806

See also