Difference between revisions of "James Dinsmore"
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| + | [[File:JeffersonInventoryP1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1807. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to [[Jefferson Inventory|keep for himself]], and to give to James Dinsmore. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]] | ||
| + | [[File:JeffersonInventoryP2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1807. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to James Dinsmore, [[John Wayles Eppes]], and [[James Ogilvie]]. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]] | ||
James Dinsmore (c.1771 – 1830) was an Irish joiner who worked at Monticello from 1798 to 1809.<ref>''Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia'',s.v. "James Dinsmore," accessed July 3, 2013, http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/James_Dinsmore.</ref> When Thomas Jefferson divided Wythe's library, Dinsmore received seven titles. | James Dinsmore (c.1771 – 1830) was an Irish joiner who worked at Monticello from 1798 to 1809.<ref>''Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia'',s.v. "James Dinsmore," accessed July 3, 2013, http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/James_Dinsmore.</ref> When Thomas Jefferson divided Wythe's library, Dinsmore received seven titles. | ||
==Wythe Books Given to Dinsmore by Thomas Jefferson== | ==Wythe Books Given to Dinsmore 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.<ref>"Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.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> The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's [[George Wythe Collection]]. | 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/2.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> The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's [[George Wythe Collection]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:19, 10 March 2014
Page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1807. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to keep for himself, and to give to James Dinsmore. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1807. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to James Dinsmore, John Wayles Eppes, and James Ogilvie. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
James Dinsmore (c.1771 – 1830) was an Irish joiner who worked at Monticello from 1798 to 1809.[1] When Thomas Jefferson divided Wythe's library, Dinsmore received seven titles.
Wythe Books Given to Dinsmore 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.[2] The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.
| Stewart & Revett’s Antiquities of Athens. |
| [ed. some loss] juris civilis. fol. |
| [H]arris’s Justinian. 4to. |
| [Vi?]nnii institutiones. 4to. |
| Taylor’s civil law. 4to. |
| Grotius |
| Puffendorf. |
References
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia,s.v. "James Dinsmore," accessed July 3, 2013, http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/James_Dinsmore.
- ↑ "Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.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.
