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Although his lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary were in still in existence in 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

• Wythe to Adams, 5 December 1783, in Papers of John Adams Vol. 15, (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977), 396.

Robert Carter

• Wythe to Robert Carter, 11 June 1771, in Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc., available at [1].

George Rogers Clark

• Wythe, George Mason, & Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark, 3 January 1778, in First American West: Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820, (Chicago: Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 2002), images 1-2, available at [2].

Nicholas Cooke

• Wythe, William Ellergy & 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.

Alexander Donald

• Wythe to Alexander Donald, 29 March 1790, in Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions, available at [3].

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 [4].
• 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 [5].

Benjamin Harrison

• Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [6].

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.
• 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.

Thomas Jefferson

• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1770, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [7].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1775, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 355, available at [8].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1775, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 356, available at [9].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1776, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 592-93, available at [10].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1776, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 681, available at [11].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 11 November 1776, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 709, available at [12].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 18 November 1776, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 710-713, available at [13].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 1 November 1778, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 986-87, available at [14].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 1 March 1779, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1031 available at [15].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1781, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [16].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 31 December 1781, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 685-87, available at [17].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 44-45, available at [18].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 February 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 271-282, available at [19].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 29 May 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 864, available at [20].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 13 August 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 149-52, available at [21].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 13 December 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 829-30, available at [22].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 December 1786, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 867, available at [23].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, January 1787, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1123, available at [24].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 6 May 1787, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 349, available at [25].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 September 1787, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 45-54, available at [26].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1788, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 782-83, available at [27].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 17 December 1789, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 47, available at [28].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1790, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 377-80, available at [29].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 13 June 1790, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 573, available at [30].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1790, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 1133-34, available at [31].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1791, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 458-59, available at [32].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1791, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 33-34, available at [33].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 715-18, available at [34].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 July 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 971, available at [35].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 996-97, available at [36].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 1046-47, available at [37].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 1 September 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 459, available at [38].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 11 September 1792, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1128, available at [39].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 26 February 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 919, available at [40].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 17 March 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1058 available at [41].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 27 April 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 173, available at [42].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 26 May 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 535-36, available at [43].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson & Edmund Randolph, 17 August, 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 218-19, available at [44].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 1 September 1793, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [45].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 24 October 1794, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 221, available at [46].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 227-30, available at [47].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1795, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 402-03, available at [48].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 18 April 1795, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 415, available at [49].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 657-58, available at [50].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 January 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 667, available at [51].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 668-73, available at [52].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796, 2, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 686, available at [53].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe (including a list of Volumes of the Laws of VA Library), in The James Madison Papers, 1723-1836, (Washington DC: Library of Congress), images 10-15, available at [54].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 936-37, available at [55].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 8 August, 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 956, available at [56].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 22 January 1797, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1112, available at [57].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1797, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 1120-21, available at [58].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 29 May 1799, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 970, available at [59].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 February 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 119-20, available at [60].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 28 February 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 125-26, available at [61].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 7 April 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 193-204, available at [62].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 209, available at [63].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 232, available at [64].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 8 December 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 600-03, available at [65].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1155, available at [66].
• Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 23 June 1801, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 1212, available at [67].
• Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 31 July 1801, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 374-75, available at [68].

Joseph Jones

• Joseph Jones to George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, & Edmund Pendleton (draft), circ. 16? April 1781, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 17, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 158.

Richard Henry Lee

• Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 20 May 1777, in The Letters of Richard Henry Lee vol. 1, 1762-1778, ed. James Curtis Ballagh (Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University), 291-92, available at [69].
• Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 19 October 1777, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 8, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 146.
• Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 28 February 1783, in The Letters of Richard Henry Lee vol. 2, 1779-1794, ed. James Curtis Ballagh (Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University), 279-80, available at [70].

James Madison

• 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: [71].
• Wythe to Madison, 8 September 1788, in The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 17, (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 528.

George Mason

• Mason to Wythe, 14 June 1777, in The Papers of George Mason 1725-1792 Vol. I, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970), 345.

George Morgan

• Wythe, Lewis Morris & Oliver Wolcott to George Morgan, 11 April 1776, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 3, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 651.
• Wythe, James Wilson & Edward Rutledge to George Morgan, 31 May 1776, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 4, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 106.

Robert C. Nicholas

• Wythe to Robert C. Nicholas, note, 26 March 1776, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 3, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 449.

John Norton

• Wythe to John Norton, 9 May 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 50-51.
• Wythe to John Norton, 15 May 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 51-52.
• Wythe to John Norton, 1 June 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 53.
• Wythe to John Norton, 13 June 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 54.
• Wythe to John Norton, 8 August 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 58.
• Wythe to John Norton, 18 August 1768, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 58-59.
• Wythe to John Norton, 3 August 1769, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 101.
• Wythe to John Norton, 7 May 1770, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 133-34.
• 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, 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.

John Hatley Norton

• Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 4 December 1785, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 471-72.
• Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 22 February 1786, John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 472-73.

Edmund Pendleton

• Pendleton to Wythe, memorandum, 3 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.

Beverley Randolph

• Wythe to Beverley Randolph, 3 March 1789, in Signers of the Declaration of Independence in the DAR Americana Collection, (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2005), available at [72].

Charles Thomson

• Charles Thomson to Wythe et al., 21 June 1785, in Letters of Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 22, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 470.

Jonathan Trumbull

• Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe and John Adams, 25 March 1776, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [73].

James Warren

• Wythe, John Adams & Silas Deane to James Warren, 24 October 1775, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 2, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 245.

George Washington

• Wythe and Robert Nicholas to George Washington, 27 May 1760, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [74].
• George Washington to Wythe, 17 January 1774, in George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 5 Financial Papers, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), images 180-182, available at [75].
• Wythe to George Washington, 25 October 1781, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [76].
• 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 [77].

Nathaniel Woodhull

• Wythe, John Adams & Silas Deane to Nathaniel Woodhull, 19 October 1775, in Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 2, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 208.

Papers

• “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 [78].

• 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.

• The Last Will and Testament with Codicil of George Wythe, 11 June 1806, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 314-319, available at [79].

• Biographical Notes on George Wythe by Thomas Jefferson, 31 August, 1820, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 217-19, available at [80].