Difference between revisions of "Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge"
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==Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph by Thomas Jefferson== | ==Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph 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> | + | [[File:Jefferson_manuscriptpage2_AnneandEllen.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Excerpt from "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society.]] |
| + | 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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| − | [[Plutarch's Morals|Morals 4.v. 8vo. | + | |[[Plutarch's Lives|Plutarch’s lives]] 1st. to the 6th. vol. 8vo.<br /> |
| − | [[The Odyssey of Homer|Pope’s Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. | + | |- |
| − | Shakespear. 3. odd vols. p.f. .<br /> | + | | [[Plutarch's Morals|Morals]] 4.v. 8vo.<br /> |
| − | Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. 1st. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. vols 12mo<br /> | + | |- |
| − | [[The Odyssey of Homer|Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. | + | |[[The Odyssey of Homer|Pope’s Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12mo.<br /> |
| − | [[The Dramatick Works of John Dryden|Dryden’s works. 6.v. 12mo. | + | |- |
| − | [[The Works of Shakespeare|Shakespeare by Theobald. the first 6.v. 12mo. | + | |Shakespear. 3. odd vols. p.f. .<br /> |
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. 1st. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. vols 12mo<br /> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[The Odyssey of Homer|Odyssey]]. 5.v. 12mo.<br /> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |[[The Dramatick Works of John Dryden|Dryden’s works]]. 6.v. 12mo.<br /> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |[[The Works of Shakespeare|Shakespeare by Theobald]]. the first 6.v. 12mo. | ||
| + | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 10 July 2013
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge (October 13, 1796 – April 30, 1876)[1] was the granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph and Jefferson's oldest daughter, Martha. Jefferson gave eight titles from Wythe's library jointly to his grandaughters, Ann and Ellen.
Wythe Books Given to Ann and Ellen Randolph by Thomas Jefferson
File:Jefferson manuscriptpage2 AnneandEllen.jpg
Excerpt from "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society.
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.
| Plutarch’s lives 1st. to the 6th. vol. 8vo. |
| Morals 4.v. 8vo. |
| Pope’s Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. |
| Shakespear. 3. odd vols. p.f. . |
| Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. 1st. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. vols 12mo |
| Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. |
| Dryden’s works. 6.v. 12mo. |
| Shakespeare by Theobald. the first 6.v. 12mo. |
References
- ↑ See the page for Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia for more information about Ellen Randolph.
- ↑ "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.
