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Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 &ndash; January 8, 1837), the son of Dabney Carr and Thomas Jefferson's younger sister, Martha, received forty-five of Wythe's titles when Jefferson dispersed the collection. Carr served as commonwealth's attorney for Albemarle County from 1801 to 1811 and chancellor of Winchester and Clarksburg from 1812 to 1824.<ref>W. Hamilton Bryson, "Carr, Dabney," in ''American National Biography Online,'' 1999-. Article published February, 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00141.html. See also [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Dabney_Carr_%281773-1837%29 Dabney Carr] in the [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia].</ref> He was elected to the court of appeals, Virginia's highest court, in 1824 and held this position until his death in 1837.<ref>Bryson.</ref>
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Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 &ndash; January 8, 1837), was the son of [[wikipedia:Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman)|Dabney Carr, Sr.]] (1743 &ndash; 1773) and [https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/martha-jefferson-carr Martha Jefferson Carr,] [[Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson's]] younger sister. He was the younger brother of [[Peter Carr]], one of [[Wythe the Teacher|Wythe's students]]. Dabney Carr received forty-five of [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] titles when Jefferson dispersed the collection after Wythe's death.  
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Carr served as commonwealth's attorney for Albemarle County from 1801 to 1811, and chancellor of Winchester and Clarksburg from 1812 to 1824.<ref>W. Hamilton Bryson, "[http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00141.html Carr, Dabney]," in ''American National Biography Online,'' 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Dabney_Carr_(1773-1837) Dabney Carr] in the [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia].</ref> He was elected to the court of appeals &mdash; Virginia's highest court &mdash; in 1824, and held this position until his death in 1837.<ref>Bryson.</ref>
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==Wythe Books Given to Carr by Thomas Jefferson==
 
==Wythe Books Given to Carr by Thomas Jefferson==
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The list below was adapted from the ''Library of George Wythe'' in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/1.html. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.</ref>
 
  
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The list below was adapted from the [http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/1.html "Library of George Wythe"] in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"[http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/1.html Library of George Wythe]," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "[http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768 Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806]," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.</ref>
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|3<sup>d</sup>. Chancery rep. <s>8</s>vo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Reports of Special Cases Argued and Decreed in the Court of Chancery|Nelson’s Chancery reports]] 8<br />
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<p style="font-size: 85%;">Page one of Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to his nephew, Dabney Carr. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].</p>
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|[[Principles of Equity|Kaim’s Pr. Eq]]. fol.<br />
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|[[Treatise of Equity|Treatise of Equity]] fol.<br />
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|[[Reports of Cases Taken and Adjudged in the Court of Chancery|3<sup>d</sup>. Chancery rep. <s>8</s>]]vo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Reports of Special Cases Argued and Decreed in the Court of Chancery|Nelson’s Chancery reports]] 8
 
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|[[Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills|Swinburne on wills]]. fol.<br />
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|[[Principles of Equity|Kaim’s Pr. Eq]]. fol.
 
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|P. W. rep]]. 3.v. fol.<br />
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|[[Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot|Ca. temp. Talbot]]. fol<br />
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|[[Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills|Swinburne on wills]]. fol.
 
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|[[Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer|Bunbury’s reports]] fol.<br />
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|P. W. rep]]. 3.v. fol.
 
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery|Atkyns’s rep]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. & 3<sup>d</sup>. v. fol.<br />
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|[[Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot|Ca. temp. Talbot]]. fol
 
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|[[Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery|Vezey’s rep]]. 2.v. fol.<br />
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery|Atkyns’s rep]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. & 3<sup>d</sup>. v. fol.
 
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|[[General Abridgment of Cases in Equity|Ca. in Eq]]. abridged. 2.v. fol.<br />
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|[[Reports of Cases in Equity|Gilbert’s reports]]. fol.
 
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|Jacob’s introdn to the Common, civil & canon laws. 8<sup>vo</sup>.<br />
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|[[General Abridgment of Cases in Equity|Ca. in Eq]]. abridged. 2.v. fol.
 
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|[[Treatise of Laws|Jacob’s introdn to the Common, civil & canon laws]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.
 
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|[[Law of Devises, Revocations, and Last Wills|Law of Devises]] 8<sup>vo</sup>
 
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|[[New Law-Dictionary|Jacob’s L. D.]] fol.
 
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|[[History of the Pleas of the Crown|Hale’s P.C.]] 2. v. fol.<br />
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|[[Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown|Hawkins’ P.C.]] fol.<br />
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|[[Officium Vicecomitum|Dalton’s sheriff]]. fol.
 
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|[[Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer|Foster’s crown law]].<br />
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|[[History of the Pleas of the Crown|Hale’s P.C.]] 2. v. fol.
 
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|[[Maximes of Reason|Wingate’s Maxims]] fol.<br />
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|[[Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown|Hawkins’ P.C.]] fol.
 
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|[[Reports of Certain Cases|Godbolt’s reports]] 4<sup>to</sup>. <br />
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|[[Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer|Foster’s crown law]].
 
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|[[Cases Collect & Report per Sir Fra. Moore, Chivalier|Moore’s rep]]. fol.<br />
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|[[Maximes of Reason|Wingate’s Maxims]] fol.
 
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|[[Reports of Certain Cases|Godbolt’s reports]] 4<sup>to</sup>.
 
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|[[Reports of that Late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen|Owen’s]]
 
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|[[Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall|Fortescue’s rep]].
 
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|[[Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer|Strange’s rep]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. vol.
 
|[[Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer|Strange’s rep]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. vol.
 
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==See also==
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*[[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead]]
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*[[Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge]]
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*[[James Dinsmore]]
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*[[James Ogilvie]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[John Wayles Eppes]]
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*[[Last Will and Testament]]
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*[[Martha Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Mann Randolph]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 07:20, 28 March 2016

Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 – January 8, 1837), was the son of Dabney Carr, Sr. (1743 – 1773) and Martha Jefferson Carr, Thomas Jefferson's younger sister. He was the younger brother of Peter Carr, one of Wythe's students. Dabney Carr received forty-five of George Wythe's titles when Jefferson dispersed the collection after Wythe's death.

Carr served as commonwealth's attorney for Albemarle County from 1801 to 1811, and chancellor of Winchester and Clarksburg from 1812 to 1824.[1] He was elected to the court of appeals — Virginia's highest court — in 1824, and held this position until his death in 1837.[2]

Wythe Books Given to Carr by Thomas Jefferson

The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.[3]

JeffersonInventoryP1.jpg

Page one of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to his nephew, Dabney Carr. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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3d. Chancery rep. 8vo    Nelson’s Chancery reports 8
Kaim’s Pr. Eq. fol.
Treatise of Equity fol.
Swinburne on wills. fol.
P. W. rep. 3.v. fol.
Ca. temp. Talbot. fol
Bunbury’s reports fol.
Atkyns’s rep. 1st. & 3d. v. fol.
Vezey’s rep. 2.v. fol.
Gilbert’s reports. fol.
Ca. in Eq. abridged. 2.v. fol.
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Jacob’s introdn to the Common, civil & canon laws. 8vo.
Law of Devises 8vo
   Uses & trusts 8vo
   Awards 8vo
   Bills 8vo
   Covenants 8vo
   Obligations 8vo
Laws of US. 1st. 2d. 3d. vols 8vo.
Brown’s Entering clerk’s Vade mecum 8vo.
Danvers’ abr. 2d. & 3d v. fol.
Bacon’s abr’ 4. v. in 7. vol. fol.
Jacob’s L. D. fol.
Registrum brevium fol.
Modern entries 2d. v.
Rastell’s entr. fol.
Robinson’s entr. fol.
Winch’s entries. folio
Dalton’s sheriff. fol.
Hale’s P.C. 2. v. fol.
Hawkins’ P.C. fol.
Foster’s crown law.
Wingate’s Maxims fol.
Godbolt’s reports 4to.
Moore’s rep. fol.
Owen’s
Hobart’s
Sr. W. Jones’s
Vaughan’s
T. Raymond’s
Shower’s ca. in parl.
Ld. Raymond’s 2.v. fol.
Fortescue’s rep.
Strange’s rep. 1st. vol.

See also

References

  1. ↑ W. Hamilton Bryson, "Carr, Dabney," in American National Biography Online, 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also Dabney Carr in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Bryson.
  3. ↑ "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.
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