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Title page from Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce by M. Guys, Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1783.

Explore the George Wythe Room, the Wolf Law Library's recreation of George Wythe's library. Pages for each title in the collection include information about the work and its author, evidence for why the library believes George Wythe owned each title, and descriptions and photos of the copy held at The Wolf Law Library.

You can also find entries for the various people who received Wythe books after Thomas Jefferson inherited them and learn more about the copies of Wythe books that survive to this day.

Portrait of George Wythe in the Wolf Law Library's Nicholas J. St. George Rare Book Room.

• Biographical information for George Wythe.
• Samples of Wythe's signature and handwriting.
• Details of Wythe's cases.
• Accounts of Wythe's death and the ensuing murder trial.
• Memorials to Wythe.
• Wythe's letters and correspondence.
• The story of Wythe's lost law lectures.
• Wythe ephemera.
• A bibliography of resources about Wythe.

Aylett v. Aylett, Wythe 219 (1793), is an opinion from the Virginia High Court of Chancery that discussed whether a leasehold could be inherited.

George Wythe took the opportunity to write an extensive discourse on why poorly-decided cases should not be considered binding precedent, using references to literature, to contemporary legal authorities, and to ancient Greek and Roman works.

The article originally appeared in the Richmond Enquirer in two parts published a week apart on June 13th and 17th, and was subsequently republished in several newspapers including the Raleigh Register and North-Carolina State Gazette.

Caricature of George Wythe, on a 1985 U.S. Postal Service postcard from the American Patriots Series, honoring the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

More about Bicentennial postcards in the George Wythe Wiki.