Letters and Papers

Page three of a letter from Wythe & the Congress Committee of Ticonderaoga to General Richard Montgomery, dated November 30, 1775. Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Although Wythe's lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary are thought to have been extant as late as 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.

Samuel Adams

Wythe to Samuel Adams, 1 August 1778, in George Wythe: Teacher of Liberty, Alonzo Thomas Dill (Williamsburg, VA: Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1979), 31.

Robert Alexander

Wythe to Robert Alexander, n.d., in "The Honest Lawyer," Times (Charleston, SC), July 1, 1806.

William Alexander, Lord Stirling

Lord Stirling to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 2 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i162, p308.

Joseph Blewer

Joseph Blewer & Daniel Robinson to Wythe, John Adams, & Silas Deane, 2 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r71, i58, p437.

Thomas Burke

Wythe to Thomas Burke, 9 August 1775, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Robert Carter

Wythe to Robert Carter, 11 June 1771, in Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc., available at [1].
Wythe to Robert Carter, 29 May 1772, in The Members of the Continental Congress, (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), available at [2].

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 [3].

Nicholas Cooke

Wythe, William Ellery & 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.

Tim Danielson

Tim Danielson & Massachusetts General Court Committee Near White Plains to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 3 November 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r79, i65, v1, p131.

Alexander Donald

Wythe to Alexander Donald, 29 March 1790, in Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions, available at [4].

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 [5].
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 [6].

Thomas Greenough

Thomas Greenough to Wythe, John Adams, & Silas Deane, 22 December 1775, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r95, i78, v10, p13.
Thomas Greenough to Wythe et al, 8 June 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r80, i66, v1, p111.

John Hancock

Wythe, William Ellery & Committee on Clothing to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r71, i58, p409.

Benjamin Harrison

Wythe & Archibald Cary to Virginia Delegates, 23 May 1777, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M332, r8, f875.
Wythe & Archibald Cary to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M332, r8, f876.
Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [7].
Wythe to Benjamin Harrison, 24 June 1783, in The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia, (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), available at [8].
Wythe & the Inhabitants of Williamsburg, VA to Benjamin Harrison, July 1783, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r60, i46, p89.

George Hay

Wythe to George Hay, November 1802, from Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc., Americana.

Moses Hazen

Moses Hazen to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 18 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r96, i78, v11, p17.

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.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, 24 May 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 27 May 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 27 May 1777*, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 31 May 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Desposition of Gov. Henry as to Purchase of Lands from the Indians, 4 June 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 20 June 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 30 October 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, George Wythe, 10 November 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, George Wythe, 11 November 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 18 November 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 5 December 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 11 December 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 7 January 1778, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to George Wythe, 17 January 1778, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington to Wythe et al., 2 February 1780, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r24, i14, p290.
Wythe to Samuel Huntington, 21 February 1780, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v24, p183.

Anthony Irby

Anthony Irby to Wythe, 8 April 1771, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library.

John Jay

Wythe, Archibald Cary & the Virginia General Assembly to John Jay & the Continental Congress, 15 December 1778, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r22, i9, p123.

Thomas Jefferson

Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1770, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [9].
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 [10].
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 [11].
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 [12].
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 [13].
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 [14].
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 [15].
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 [16].
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 [17].
Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1781, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [18].
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 [19].
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 [20].
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 [21].
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 [22].
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 [23].
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 [24].
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 [25].
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 [26].
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 [27].
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 [28].
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 [29].
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 [30].
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 [31].
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 [32].
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 [33].
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 [34].
Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 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 [35].
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 [36].
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 [37].
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 [38].
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 [39].
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 [40].
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 [41].
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 [42].
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 [43].
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 [44].
Wythe to Thomas Jefferson and 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 [45].
Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 1 September 1793, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 459, available at [46].
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 [47].
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 [48].
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 [49].
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 [50].
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 [51].
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 [52].
Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 13 January 1796, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 667, available at [53].
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 [54].
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 [55].
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 [56].
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 [57].
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 [58].
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 [59].
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 [60].
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 [61].
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 [62].
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 [63].
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 [64].
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 [65].
Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1800, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 600-03, available at [66].
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 [67].
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 [68].
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 [69].

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.

Henry Laurens

Wythe and Archibald Cary to Henry Laurens, 12 January 1778, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v23, p437.
Wythe to Henry Laurens, 27 February 1778, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v23, p457.

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 [70].
Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 24 August 1777, in Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee: and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe Vol. I, ed. Richard H. Lee (William Brown, Printer, 1825), 185-86, available at [71].
Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 18 October 1777, in Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee: and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe Vol. I, ed. Richard H. Lee (William Brown, Printer, 1825), 186, available at [72].
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.
Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 6 November 1777, in Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee: and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe Vol. I, ed. Richard H. Lee (William Brown, Printer, 1825), 186-87, available at [73].
Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 1 August 1778, in Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee: and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe Vol. I, ed. Richard H. Lee (William Brown, Printer, 1825), 187, available at [74].
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 [75].
Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 23 February 1785, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v24, p503.

Christopher Leffingwell

Christopher Leffingwell to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 29 November 1775, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r98, i78, v14, p43.

Abraham Livingston

Abraham Livingston to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 8 May 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r98, i78, v14, p71.

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: [76].
Wythe to Madison, 8 September 1788, in The Papers of James Madison, Vol. 17, (University of Chicago Press, 1963), 528.

George Mason

George Mason to Wythe, 14 June 1777, in Kate Mason Rowland, The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792, Vol. 1 (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892), 283.

Philip Mazzei

Wythe to Philip Mazzei, 10 August 1785, The Pat and Jerry B. Epstein American History Document Collection, ed. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, CWF, 2001), available at [77].

James Mercer

Wythe to James Mercer, June 1789, in The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia, (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), available at [78].

Richard Montgomery

Wythe & the Congress Committee of Ticonderaoga to General Richard Montgomery, 30 November 1775, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r183, i166, p13.

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.

William Paulding

William Paulding & New York Committee of Safety to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 26 March 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r81, i67, v1, p198.

Edmund Pendleton

Wythe & Virginia Delegates at Congress to Edmund Pendleton & Virginia Convention, 18 May 1776, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), image 487, available at [79].
Wythe to Edmund Pendleton, 18 November 1776, in The Declaration of Independence, (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), available at [80].
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 [81].

Edmund Randolph

Letter from Edmund Randolph to an unknown recipient, dated February 21, 1780. Special Collection Research Center, Swem Library, College of William & Mary.

Wythe to Edmund Randolph, 16 June 1787, in The Federal Convention, (Archives & Manuscripts, The New York Public Library, 2014), available at [82].

William Alexander Rind

W.A. Rind to Wythe, 12 August 1800, in Manuscripts - Group 3 - People, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Everard Robinson

Wythe to Everard Robinson, 31 October 1801, available at [83].

Philip Schuyler

Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 22 January 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p406.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 24 January 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p406.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 10 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p512.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 24 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p25.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 7 March 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p25.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 21 March 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p67.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 2 April 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p75.
Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 31 May 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p179.

Peter Simon

Peter Simon to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 1 May 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r56, i42, v7, p3.

John Tabb

Wythe to John Tabb, 22 September 1782, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson to Wythe et al., 21 June 1785, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r25, i18A, p100.

Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 6 January 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r80, i66, v1, p55.
Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe & John Adams, 9 March 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r80, i66, v1, p87.
Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe and John Adams, 25 March 1776, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [84].

St. George Tucker

Wythe to St. George Tucker, 3 April 1774, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Wythe to St. George Tucker, 22 April 1774, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Wythe to St. George Tucker, 10 October 1784, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Wythe to St. George Tucker, 2 January 1786, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Wythe to St. George Tucker, 23 October 1792, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Samuel Tyler

Wythe to Samuel Tyler, 10 April 1804

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.

Bushrod Washington

Wythe to Bushrod Washington, January 1785, text provided by: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Wythe to Bushrod Washington, 3 December 1785, text provided by: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Wythe to Bushrod Washington, 9 December 1787, text provided by: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

George Washington

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 [85].
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 31 December 1775, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, 381.
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 19 January 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, 419.
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 30 January 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, 447.
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 14 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, 485.
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 4 April 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, 581.
George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 8 June 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v2, 9.
Wythe and Robert Nicholas to George Washington, 27 May 1760, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [86].
Wythe to George Washington, 25 October 1781, in Founders Online, National Archives, available at [87].
Wythe to George Washington, 16 July 1787, in The Centennial Book of the Signers (Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart, 1872), 257.
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 [88].

Thomas Whiting

Thomas Whiting to Wythe, 22 November 1777, in Michael J. Crawford, ed., Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 10, pt. 2, American Theatre Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777; European Theatre, Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1996), 572-573.

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.

David Wooster

David Wooster to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 11 February 1776, The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i161, p265.

Letters regarding Wythe

John Page, Lieutenant-Governor, to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1776, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Henry to John Hancock, President of Congress, 19 November 1776, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

John Page, Lieutenant-Governor, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 23 June 1777, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, 18 June 1779, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume II, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 26 July 1780, Mss. SI Jefferson, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Governor Thomas Jefferson to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 15 March 1781, from the "Governors of Virginia Official Letters," Volume II, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Gov. Harrison to Col. Charles Dabney, 13 Nov 1782, from the Virginia State Archives, Executive Papers (Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. III The Letters of Thomas Nelson and Benjamin Harrison, 1929, pg 376-377).

Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1784, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [89].

Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 7 August 1785, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 8, 25 February-31 October 1785, ed. Julian P. Boyd (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953), 356–357, available at [90].

Jefferson-Carr correspondence, seven letters dated between December 30, 1786 and May 29, 1789, most appear in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974).

William Tatham to William Armistead Burwell, 13 June 1805, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [91].

Jefferson-DuVal correspondence, twelve letters between June 4 and December 10, 1806, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [92].

William Munford to General John Preston, 16 June 1806, letter eight days after George Wythe's death.

Jefferson-Peale correspondence, six letters dated between November 22 and December 24, 1806, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [93].

Lydia Broadnax to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1807, Founders Online, National Archives, available at [94].

Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 18 April 1807, Founders Online, National Archives, available at [95].

Jefferson-Tyler correspondence, two letters dated November 12 and 25, 1810, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [96] and [97].

Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 15 January 1815, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [98].

Lydia Broadnax to Thomas Jefferson, 2 June 1819, Founders Online, National Archives, available at [99].

Jefferson-Sanderson correspondence, three letters dated between August 19 and November 24, 1820, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [100].

Jefferson-Du Ponceau correspondence, two letters dated December 28, 1820, and January 3, 1821, in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), available at [101].

John Page, Jr., to James E. Heath, 3 January 1834, in George Wythe, Etymological Praxis in Greek and Latin of Part of Homer's Iliad, Manuscripts Collection, Virginia Historical Society.

Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851, in George Wythe, Decisions of Cases In Virginia, By the High Court Chancery, with Remarks Upon Decrees By the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions, ed. B.B. Minor (Richmond, Virginia: J.W. Randolph, 1852), xxxii-xxxvi; reprinted in "George Wythe," Virginia Historical Register 5, no. 3 (July 1852), 162-167.

Papers

1740-1769

Etymological Praxis in Greek and Latin of Part of Homer's Iliad, Manuscripts Collection, Virginia Historical Society.

Complaint, 5 November 1746, of William Russell v. Thomas Dowde, Wythe's pleading on behalf of William Russell, Plaintiff.

Complaint, 30 March 1747, of Strother v. Zimmerman, Wythe's pleading on behalf of Anthony Strother, Plaintiff.

Wythe to Shermer, 10 July 1755, ordering scientific equipment from London, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth City County Court Records, 6 September 1763, in the Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.

Remonstrance to the House of Commons, 8 December 1764, in Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1761-1765 (Richmond, VA: Colonial Press, Everett Waddey Co., 1907), 303-304.

Treasurer's bond, 20 May 1766, described in Stan V. Henkels catalog, 1920.

Treasurer's bond, 10 April 1767. Original image at Invaluable.

1770-1779

Copy of the Minutes of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, circa 1768-1775, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

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 [102].

Tucker's Certificate of the Admission, 4 April 1774, St. George Tucker's license to practice law in the county and inferior courts of Virginia, signed and sealed by John Randolph and George Wythe.

Agreement of Secrecy, Continental Congress, 9 November 1775, in Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360, National Archives.

Address to the Foreign Mercenaries, [May 1776], in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 651-652, available at [103].

Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, [May-June, 1776], in The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1 General Correspondence 1651-1827, (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 383-384, available at [104].

Address to the Indians, 6 June 1776, in The Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives, Washington, D.C., available at [105].

Additional Instructions to the Commissioners to France, 16 October 1776, in The Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives, Washington, D.C., available at Fold3.

Report of the Committee on the Northern Army, 28 November 1776, National Archives, Washington, D.C., available at Fold3.

Poems on Witty Subjects in Congress, [November-December 1776], by George Wythe and William Ellery, Boston Public Library, American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection, available at [106].

1780-1799

Bill for Statue for General Washington at Williamsburg, 1783

Surveyor's license issued by Governor Patrick Henry and signed by Wythe, June 22, 1786. Original image at Heritage Auctions.

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.

Plaintiff's bill in the suit of Warner Washington v. David Williamson, August 19 1797, available at EAC Gallery.

Address of the Inhabitants of Richmond, 17 August 1793, in the George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., available at [107].

Anti-Slavery Petition, inhabitants of various parts of Virginia, 16 November 1795, Legislative Petitions microfilm reel 233, Library of Virginia.

Wythe Oath Document, 17 June 1799, in Howe's Virginia, (Archives & Manuscripts, New York Public Library, 2014), available at [108].

1800-1806

Plea for injunction in the case of Holliday v. Lauck, 6 November 1801. Available at John M. Woolsey Collection of Legal Documents, Special Collections, University of Virginia Law Library.

Plaintiff's bill in the suit of Boyle & McKewan v. Lindenberger, January 12 1801.

Decree in Baker v. Fairfax, March 1802, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

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 [109].

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 [110].