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James Dinsmore (c.1771 – 1830) was an Irish joiner who worked at Monticello from 1798 to 1809.<ref>''Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia'', s.v. "[http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/James_Dinsmore James Dinsmore]," accessed July 3, 2013.</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. "[http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/James_Dinsmore James Dinsmore]," accessed July 3, 2013.</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 [http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html "Library of George Wythe"] in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"[http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.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> The titles in blue | + | The list below was adapted from the [http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html "Library of George Wythe"] in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"[http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.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> The linked titles in blue are copies in the Wolf Law Library's [[George Wythe Collection]]. |
[[File:JeffersonInventoryDinsmore1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Detail from 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 James Dinsmore. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]] | [[File:JeffersonInventoryDinsmore1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Detail from 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 James Dinsmore. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]] | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 11 March 2014
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 linked titles in blue are copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.
Detail from 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 James Dinsmore. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Detail from page two of Jefferson's inventory. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
| 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. |
See also
- Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead
- Dabney Carr
- Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
- James Ogilvie
- Jefferson Inventory
- John Wayles Eppes
- Martha Jefferson Randolph
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph
- Thomas Mann Randolph
References
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, s.v. "James Dinsmore," accessed July 3, 2013.
- ↑ "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, .
