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VIRGINIA. COLONY.

TUESDAY, THE 24TH MAY, 14 GEO. III. 1774. THIS HOUSE BEING DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH APPREHENSION OF THE GREAT DANGERS TO BE DERIVED TO BRITISH AMERICA, FROM THE HOSTILE INVASION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, IN OUR SISTER COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, WHOSE COMMERCE AND HARBOUR ARE ON THE 1ST DAY OF JUNE NEXT TO BE STOPPED BY AN ARMED FORCE, DEEM IT HIGHLY NECESSARY THAT THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE BE SET APART BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE AS A DAY OF FASTING, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER, DEVOUTLY TO IMPLORE THE DIVINE INTERPOSITION, FOR AVERTING THE HEAVY CALAMITY WHICH THREATENS DESTRUCTION TO OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE EVILS OF CIVIL WAR; . . . BY THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES. GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.

[Williamsburg: Printed by Clementina Rind, 1774.] Broadside. 4to.

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ADAMS, JOHN

THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT: APPLICABLE TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES. IN A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN TO HIS FRIEND. [George Wythe of Virginia.]

Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. M,DCC,LXXVI. pp.[28.]

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VIRGINIA, continued.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF REVISORS APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA IN MDCCLXXVI.

Published by order of the General Assembly, and Printed by Dixon & Hall, in the city of Richmond, November, MDCCLXXXIV. pp. [6], [90.] fol. JCB.

The Committee consisted of Thomas jefferson, George Wythe, and Edmund Pendleton.

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WYTHE, GEORGE

DECISIONS OF CASES IN VIRGINIA, BY THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, WITH REMARKS UPON DECISIONS BY THE COURT OF APPEALS, REVERSING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS. [1790-1795.]

Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson. M,DCC,XCV. pp. 165, (1), (22).

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6th Virginia District Copyright, issued to George Wythe, as Authout, 6 January, 1795. Reprinted in Richmond, in 1852.

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JEFFERSON, THOMAS

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON TO GEORGE WYTHE. MONTICELLO, JANUARY 16, 1796. IN MY LETTER WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE BOX CONTAINING MY COLLECTION OF PRINTED LAWS, I PROMISED TO SEND YOU BY POST A STATEMENT OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX. ON TAKING UP THE SUBJECT I FOUND IT BETTER TO TAKE A MORE GENERAL VIEW OF THE WHOLE OF THE LAWS I POSSESS, AS WELL MANUSCRIPT AS PRINTED, AS ALSO OF THOSE WHICH I DO NOT POSSESS, AND SUPPOSE TO BE NO LONGER EXTANT. ... [Followed by a communication to the General Assembly. Signed by G. Wythe, and four others.] RICHMOND, NOVEMBER, 1796.

Richmond: 1796.] pp. (4). fol. LOC.

This carefully prepared bibliographical statement of early Virginia Laws gives a new light to the varied accomplishments of its distinguished Author, and is an indispensible guide to the students and collector in its field of research.

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WYTHE, GEORGE

Caption-title: A REPORT OF THE CASE BETWEEN FIELD AND HARRISON, DETERMINED BY THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, IN WHICH THE DECREE WAS REVERSED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS.

Richmond: Printed and sold by Thomas Nicholson. M,DCC,XCVI. pp. [32.] 8vo.

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Caption-title: [REPORT OF THE CASE] BETWEEN WILLIAM FOWLER AND SUSANNA HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS, AND TRACY SAUNDERS, AN INFANT, BY JAMES PATTERSON, HIS GUARDIAN, DEFENDANT. [Also, THE CASE OF GOODALL AND CLOUGH, vs. JOHN BULLOCK.].

Richmond: Printed and sold by Thomas Nicholson. M,DCC,XCVI. pp. [28.] 8vo.

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