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Prior to the American Revolution, as a member of the House of Burgesses (and sometime, Clerk of the House), Wythe would have owned printed copies of the records of every session of the House of Burgesses. Later, as a member of Virginia's House of Delegates and a Chancery Court judge, he would have owned printed copies of Virginia's session laws: the Acts of Assembly. Session laws were published individually in Wythe's time in pamphlets of ten to fifty pages, and then later published as such collections as A Collection of All the Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia (1733), or A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (1803).

Detail from page six of Thomas Jefferson's inventory of books received from the estate of George Wythe (September, 1806), listing "Laws of Virginia, various editions." Massachusetts Historical Society.

In the list of books he inherited after Wythe's death in 1806, Thomas Jefferson made an entry in his inventory for "Laws of Virgā. various edns." It is not clear from Jefferson's note if Wythe's copies of the printed laws were bound in one or more volumes, or if they consisted of individual pamphlets. As Jefferson himself kept an extensive collection of Virginia laws, many of these printings would have been duplicates and some may have passed to the state law library, and eventually incorporated into the Library of Virginia.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Earl Gregg Swem's "Bibliography of Virginia, Part II" (1917) lists a bound volume of session laws from 1776-1783 in the Library of Virginia, which formerly belonged to the state law library, "with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf."^[1] Since Swem's inventory of the copy in 1917, however, the volume was dis-bound, and the individual sessions restored and cataloged.^[2] Three sets of the printed Acts contain signatures and notes with Wythe provenance: those for October, 1776; May, 1779; and May, 1780.

1776-1783

George Wythe's copy of Acts Passed at a General Assembly (1780). From the collection of the Library of Virginia.

At a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Seventh Day of October, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, and in the First Year of the Commonwealth (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1777). With "G. Wythe" on the front flyleaf.^[3] Swem 7003

At a General Assembly Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fifth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven, and in the First Year of the Commonwealth (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1777). Swem 7048

At a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven, and in the Second Year of the Commonwealth (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1770). Swem 7080

At a General Assembly Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fourth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1778). Swem 7094

Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Third Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine (Williamsburg: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1779). With Wythe's signature and a "GW" on the title page.^[4] Swem 7128

Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fourth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine (Williamsburg: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1779) Swem 7166

Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday, the First Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty (Richmond: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1780). With Wythe's signature on the title page.^[5] Swem 7223

Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday, the Sixteenth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty (Richmond: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1781). Swem 7240

Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Thursday the 1st Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord, 1781 (Richmond: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1781).^[6] Swem 7263

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Seventh Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One, and from Thence Continued by Adjournment to the Town of Staunton, in the County of Augusta (Charlottesville: John Dunlap and James Hayes, 1781). Swem 7285

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Fifth Day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One (Richmond: John Dunlap & James Hayes, 1781). Swem 7310

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Sixth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Two (Richmond: John Dunlap & James Hayes, 1782). Swem 7320

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Twenty-First Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Two (Richmond: John Dunlap & James Hayes, 1783. Swem 7338

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Fifth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three (Richmond: John Dunlap & James Hayes, 1783). Swem 7350

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three (Richmond: John Dunlap & James Hayes, 1783). Swem 7377

References

↑ Earl G. Swem, "A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916," Bulletin Virginia State Library 10, nos. 1-4 (January, April, July, October, 1917).
↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012), 235-236. Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available online at the Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center.
↑ Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1776, Oct.: "Copy 3: 36 cm.; imperfect: p. 1-10 mutilated at lower right corner; flyleaf with autograph of G. Wythe bound in at front; manuscript notes interspersed."
↑ Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1779, May: "Copy 2: 28 cm.; restored and [02] supplied; p. 57 wanting (replaced by blank leaf when copy was restored); manuscript notes interspersed; table of contents in manuscript on p. [2]-3; autograph of G. Wythe on t.p."
↑ Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1780, May: "Copy 2: 29 cm.; imperfect: p. 39-40 mutilated; p. 41-46 wanting (replaced by blank leaves); with autograph of G. Wythe on t.p.; manuscript notes interspersed."
↑ A manuscript copy of these acts, in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, is in the Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress. At the end, Jefferson wrote: "Collated with the printed acts by" with the autograph signature "G. Wythe," in stipple. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:253 [no. 1855].

External links

"John Dunlap, Charlottesville’s First Printer," Notes from Under Grounds, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

[1] Earl G. Swem, "A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916," Bulletin Virginia State Library 10, nos. 1-4 (January, April, July, October, 1917).

[2] Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012), 235-236. Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available online at the Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center.

[3] Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1776, Oct.: "Copy 3: 36 cm.; imperfect: p. 1-10 mutilated at lower right corner; flyleaf with autograph of G. Wythe bound in at front; manuscript notes interspersed."

[4] Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1779, May: "Copy 2: 28 cm.; restored and [02] supplied; p. 57 wanting (replaced by blank leaf when copy was restored); manuscript notes interspersed; table of contents in manuscript on p. [2]-3; autograph of G. Wythe on t.p."

[5] Library of Virginia Special Collections, call number K71.1 .V84 1780, May: "Copy 2: 29 cm.; imperfect: p. 39-40 mutilated; p. 41-46 wanting (replaced by blank leaves); with autograph of G. Wythe on t.p.; manuscript notes interspersed."

[6] A manuscript copy of these acts, in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, is in the Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress. At the end, Jefferson wrote: "Collated with the printed acts by" with the autograph signature "G. Wythe," in stipple. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:253 [no. 1855].

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+}}Prior to the American Revolution, as a member of the House of Burgesses (and sometime, Clerk of the House), Wythe would have owned printed copies of the records of every session of the House of Burgesses. Later, as a member of Virginia's House of Delegates and a Chancery Court judge, he would have owned printed copies of Virginia's session laws: the Acts of Assembly. Session laws were published individually in Wythe's time in pamphlets of ten to fifty pages, and then later published as such collections as ''[[Collection of All the Acts of Assembly Now in Force in the Colony of Virginia|A Collection of All the Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia]]'' (1733), or ''[[Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (1803)|A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia]]'' (1803).
-Prior to the American Revolution, as a clerk of the House of Burgesses, and an elected Burgess, Wythe would have owned printed copies of the records of every session of the House of Burgesses. Later, as a member of Virginia's House of Delegates and a Chancery Court judge, he would have owned printed copies of Virginia's session laws: the Acts of Assembly.
+[[File:JeffersonInventoryP6LawsOfVirgaDetail.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Detail from page six of Thomas Jefferson's [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory of books received from the estate of George Wythe]] (September, 1806), listing "Laws of Virginia, various editions." [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]]
+In the list of books he inherited after Wythe's death in 1806, Thomas Jefferson made an entry in his inventory for "[[Jefferson Inventory#Books retained by Jefferson|Laws of Virgā. various edns.]]" It is not clear from Jefferson's note if Wythe's copies of the printed laws were bound in one or more volumes, or if they consisted of individual pamphlets. As Jefferson himself kept an extensive collection of Virginia laws, many of these printings would have been duplicates and some may have passed to the state law library, and eventually incorporated into the [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia.]
-In the list of books he inherited after Wythe's death in 1806, Thomas Jefferson made an entry in his inventory for "Laws of Virgā. various edns." As Jefferson himself kept an extensive collection of Virginia laws, many of these volumes would have been duplicates, and seem to have passed to the state law library, and then incorporated into the Library of Virginia.
 ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
-Earl Gregg Swem's "Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916," lists fourteen volumes with provenance and ownership marks of George Wythe.<ref>
+Earl Gregg Swem's "Bibliography of Virginia, Part II" (1917) lists a bound volume of session laws from 1776-1783 in the Library of Virginia, which formerly belonged to the state law library, "with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf."<ref>Earl G. Swem, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover "A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916,"] ''Bulletin Virginia State Library'' 10, nos. 1-4 (January, April, July, October, 1917).</ref> Since Swem's inventory of the copy in 1917, however, the volume was dis-bound, and the individual sessions restored and cataloged.<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012), 235-236. Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available online at the [https://hdl.handle.net/10288/13433 Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center.]</ref> Three sets of the printed Acts contain [[Known Surviving Wythe Volumes#Library of Virginia|signatures and notes with Wythe provenance]]: those for October, 1776; May, 1779; and May, 1780.
-Earl G. Swem, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover "A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916,"] ''Bulletin Virginia State Library'' 10, nos. 1-4 (January, April, July, October, 1917).</reF>
-*At a general assembly begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and in the first year of the commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the commonwealth. [1777] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 '''7048''']
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+[[File:ActsPassedAtAGeneralAssembly1780LOVcopy.jpg|right|thumb|500px|George Wythe's copy of ''Acts Passed at a General Assembly'' (1780). From the collection of the [[Known Surviving Wythe Volumes#Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]].]]
-р. l.. 34 p. size of leaf, 32 by 20 cm.
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-In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy, which contains some manuscript notes. This is bound in a volume of session laws, 1775-1780, and was formerly in the state law library.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001650990205756 At a General Assembly Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fifth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven, and in the First Year of the Commonwealth]'' (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1777). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 7048]
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 9, p, 267-335.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001650210205756 At a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven, and in the Second Year of the Commonwealth]'' (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1770). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 7080]
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-*At a general assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventyseven, and in the second year of the commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the commonwealth. [1777] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 7080]
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001560950205756 At a General Assembly Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fourth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight]'' (Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, 1778). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 7094]
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-Reprinted in Hening, v. 9. p. 337-443.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001643130205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Third Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine]'' (Williamsburg: John Dixon &amp; Thomas Nicolson, 1779). With Wythe's signature and a "GW" on the title page.<ref>[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001643130205756 Library of Virginia Special Collections,] call number K71.1 .V84 1779, May: "Copy 2: 28 cm.; restored and [02] supplied; p. 57 wanting (replaced by blank leaf when copy was restored); manuscript notes interspersed; table of contents in manuscript on p. [2]-3; autograph of G. Wythe on t.p."</ref> Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13 7128]
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-*At a general assembly begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the commonwealth. [1778] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 7094]
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001583350205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday, the Fourth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine]'' (Williamsburg: John Dixon &amp; Thomas Nicolson, 1779) Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16 7166]
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-[15] p. size of leaf, 33 by 21 cm. page number 14 is repeated by mistake on page 15.
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+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001631160205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday, the First Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty]'' (Richmond: John Dixon &amp; Thomas Nicolson, 1780). With Wythe's signature on the title page.<ref>[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001631160205756 Library of Virginia Special Collections,] call number K71.1 .V84 1780, May: "Copy 2: 29 cm.; imperfect: p. 39-40 mutilated; p. 41-46 wanting (replaced by blank leaves); with autograph of G. Wythe on t.p.; manuscript notes interspersed."</ref> Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 7223]
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 19, p. 445-470.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001629190205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday, the Sixteenth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty]'' (Richmond: John Dixon &amp; Thomas Nicolson, 1781). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21 7240]
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-*Acts passed at a general assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson. [1779] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13 7128]
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001613890205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Thursday the 1st Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord, 1781]'' (Richmond: John Dixon &amp; Thomas Nicolson, 1781).<ref>A manuscript copy of these acts, in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, is in the Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress. At the end, Jefferson wrote: "Collated with the printed acts by" with the autograph signature "G. Wythe," in stipple. E. Millicent Sowerby, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109&seq=271 ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''] (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:253 [no. 1855].</ref> Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 7263]
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-This bears the signature of George Wythe on the title-page. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy, which contains some manuscript notes. This has the signature of Nicholas Cabell on the title page. It is bound in a volume of session laws, 1775-1780, and was formerly in the state law library. Size of leaf, 26 by 19%1⁄2 cm.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001654870205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Seventh Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One, and from Thence Continued by Adjournment to the Town of Staunton, in the County of Augusta]'' (Charlottesville: John Dunlap and James Hayes, 1781). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 7285]
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 9-130.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001654630205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Fifth Day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One]'' (Richmond: John Dunlap &amp; James Hayes, 1781). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27 7310]
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+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001654350205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Sixth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Two]'' (Richmond: John Dunlap &amp; James Hayes, 1782). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29 7320]
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-p. size of leaf, 27 by 20 cm.
-The signature of 'J. H. Norton appears on the title-page. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy, which contains some manuscript notes. This is in a bound volume of session laws, 1775-1780, formerly in the state law library. Size of leaf, 26 by 19 cm.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001653250205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Twenty-First Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Two]'' (Richmond: John Dunlap &amp; James Hayes, 1783. Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30 7338]
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 131-219. See senate journal, Nov. 5, 1779 [reprint] p. 20.
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001653820205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Fifth Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three]'' (Richmond: John Dunlap &amp; James Hayes, 1783). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31 7350]
-</blockquote>
-*Acts passed at a general assembly, begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday, the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson. [1780] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 7223]
-<blockquote style="font-size: 85%;">
-p. size of leaf, 29 by 21cm. The copy in the state library has 40 pages only. The signature of George Wythe appears on the title-page. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. There is in the library a second copy complete in 46 pages. This bears the signature of Turner Southall on the title-page, and was formerly in the state law library. Size of leaf, 26 by 20 cm. In a bound volume of session laws, 1775-1780.
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 221-320.
-</blockquote>
-*Acts passed at a general assembly, begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday, the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson. [1781] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21 7240]
-<blockquote style="font-size: 85%;">
-p. size of leaf, 28 by 22 cm.
-The copy in the state library has 28 pages only. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in state law library. There is in the library a second copy, which is complete in 34 pages. This is in a bound volume of session laws, 1775-1780, which was formerly in the state law library.
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 321-389.
-</blockquote>
-*Acts passed at a general assembly, begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Thursday the 1st day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1781. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson. [1781] [
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 7263]
-<blockquote style="font-size: 85%;">
-[9] р. Size of leaf, 27 by &#189; cm.
-In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in state law library. The library has a second copy, formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf, 261⁄2 by 201⁄2 cm. headings. With manuscript side
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 391-405.
-</blockquote>
-*Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the town of Richmond, on Monday the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and from thence continued by adjournment to the town of Staunton, in the county of Augusta. [State arms] Charlottesville: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth. [1781] [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 7285]
-<blockquote style="font-size: 85%;">
-[19] р. 34 by 21 cm.
-In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy in a bound volume of session laws, May, 1781-May, 1783. Size of leaf, 33 by 21 cm. Title-page wanting. The library has a third copy, formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784.
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 407-437.
-</blockquote>
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27
-Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the town of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. [State arms] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth. [1781]
-p. size of leaf, 36 by 22 cm. In a bound volume of session laws 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf 40 by 23 cm. "Auditor's office, 4th May, 1799." On the fly leaf appears The library has a third copy in a bound volume of session laws, May, 1781This copy has some manuscript notes.
-in a bound volume of The library has a fourth copy, with
-May. 1783. Size of leaf, 40 by 24 cm.
-the signature of Edmund Pendleton on the title-page,
- session laws, 1781-1786. Size of leaf, 38 by 22 cm.
- copy, which was formerly in the state law library.
- session laws, 1781-1781, belonging to the council.
-In a bound volume of
-The library has a fifth
-The library has a sixth
-copy, which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784.
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 10, p. 439-517.
-This session of the assembly convened on Oct. 1, but on Oct. 3 adjourned until Nov. 5
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29
-Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the town of Richmond, on Monday the sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. [State arms] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth. [1782]
-p. size of leaf, 361⁄2 by 22 cm. Title-page wanting. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy, with title-page wanting, in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf, 40 by 23 cm. On the fly leaf appears "Auditor's office, 4th May, 1799." This copy has some manuscript notes.
-The library has a third copy with the signature "David Jameson, of York county" on the title-page. In a bound volume of session laws, May, 1781-May, 1783. Size of leaf, 40 by 24% cm. The library has a fourth copy, without title page, which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 17811784, belonging to the council. formerly in the state law library. 1784.
- The library has a fifth copy, which was
-In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 11, p. 9-103.
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30
-Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. [State arms] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth. [1783]
-p. size of leaf, 371⁄2 by 23 cm. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf, 40 by 23 cm. On the fly leaf appears "Auditor's office, 4th May, 1799." The library has a third copy in a bound volume of session laws, May, 1781-May, 1783. Size of leaf, 40 by 24% cm. The library has a fourth copy which was formerly in the state law library. In bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784, belonging to the council. The library has a fifth copy, which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Reprinted in Hening, v. 11, p. 105-184.
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32
-Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the town of Richmond, on Monday the sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. [State arms] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth. [1782]
-p. size of leaf, 361⁄2 by 22 cm. Title-page wanting. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy, with title-page wanting, in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf, 40 by 23 cm. On the fly leaf appears "Auditor's office, 4th May, 1799." This copy has some manuscript notes.
-The library has a third copy with the signature "David Jameson, of York county" on the title-page. In a bound volume of session laws, May, 1781-May, 1783. Size of leaf, 40 by 24% cm. The library has a fourth copy, without title page, which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 17811784, belonging to the council. formerly in the state law library. 1784.
- The library has a fifth copy, which was
-In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 11, p. 9-103.
-https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34
-Acts passed at a general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the commonwealth.
-[1783]
-р. size of leaf, 36 by 22 cm. In a bound volume of session laws, 1776-1783, with the name of George Wythe on the fly leaf. Copy formerly in the state law library. The library has a second copy in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. Size of leaf 40 by 23 cm. On fly leaf appears "Auditor's office, 4th May, 1799." The library has a third copy, with the signature of Edmund Pendleton on the title-page, in a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1786. Size of leaf, 38 by 22 cm. The library has an imperfect copy (p. 3-22), which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784. The library has a fifth copy, which was formerly in the state law library. In a bound volume of session laws, 1781-1784.
-Reprinted in Hening, v. 11, p. 299-359. According to senate journal [reprint] of Nov. 26, 1785, p. 25, 26, Nicolson & Prentis were paid for printing the laws of the session of assembly of 1783. The imprint, however, of both the May and October sessions reads "John Dunlap and James Hayes."
+*''[https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990001652920205756 Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and Held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three]'' (Richmond: John Dunlap &amp; James Hayes, 1783). Swem [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 7377]
 ==See also==
+*''[[Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia (1752)|The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia]]'' (1752)
+*''[[Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia|The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia]]''  (1769)
+*''[[Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (1803)|A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia]]'' (1803)
+*''[[Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (1794)|A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia]]'' (1794)
+*''[[Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia|A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia]]''  (1785)
+*''[[Collection of All the Acts of Assembly Now in Force in the Colony of Virginia|A Collection of All the Acts of Assembly Now in Force in the Colony of Virginia]]''  (1733)
+*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
+*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796 (Madison Draft with List of Virginia Laws)]]
 *[[Wythe's Library]]
 ==References==
+<references />
+==External links==
+*[https://smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2017/06/30/john-dunlap-charlottesvilles-first-printer/ "John Dunlap, Charlottesville’s First Printer,"] Notes from Under Grounds, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
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 [[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]
 [[Category:Virginia Reports]]