Virginia, June General Court, 1806
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Detail from page three of the Richmond Enquirer for June 24, 1806, stating the the Virginia General Court will wear black arm bands for three months in memory of George Wythe, who died on June 8.
Article text, 24 June 1806
Page 3
VIRGINIA, JUNE GENERAL COURT, 1806.
In Testimony of the high respect of this Court for the eminent public services and veneration for the private virtues of GEORGE WYTHE, late Chancellor of the Richmond District:
Resolved, That the members of this court will wear crape on the left arm for three months, as mourning. A Copy—Teste,
- WILSON ALLEN, C. G. C.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "June 17th. John Brown esqr. resigned his office of Clerk of the General Court, and Mr. Wilson Allen, a young man well recommended, was appointed in his stead." Docket Book, June 1797, Tucker-Coleman Papers, Swem Library, College of William & Mary.
