Love, against Donelson and Hodgson
by George Wythe
| Love against Donelson | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | George Wythe | |
| Published | n.p. (Richmond, VA?): n.p. (Thomas Nicolson?) | |
| Date | n.d. (1801?) | |
| Language | English | |
| Pages | 34 | |
| Desc. | 8vo (21 cm.) | |
Love, against Donelson and Hodgson is a published opinion by George Wythe, for the case Love v. Donelson in Virginia's High Court of Chancery.[1] The report was published in pamphlet form in 1801 or later, almost certainly printed by Thomas Nicholson of Richmond, Virginia, who also published Wythe's Reports in 1795, and at least seven other pamphlets for Wythe, in 1796 and later.[2]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
After his death, Wythe's personal copy of this pamphlet was bequeathed with his books to Thomas Jefferson, and subsequently became part of the collection at the Library of Congress. This copy is labeled "no. 7" on the first page, and has been bound in a volume lettered Wythe's Reports. Supplement. Virginia. 1796-99 (despite this case taking place in 1801).[3]
Several pages of the pamphlet contain manuscript corrections by Wythe in his hand, including a footnote in Greek, apparently scraped off and corrected to 'Κάλχας Θεστορίδης οἰωνοπόλων': "Calchas, son of Thestor, far the best of augurs" (bird-diviners).[4] On another page Wythe made a notation in the margin referring to Taylor's Elements of the Civil Law (1769).
- LoveAgainstDonelsonAndHodgson1800P1.jpg
Page one from Wythe's pamphlet, "Love, Against Donelson and Hodgson" (1801?). Copy at the Library of Congress.
- LoveAgainstDonelsonAndHodgson1800P13.jpg
Page 13 from Wythe's pamphlet, "Love, Against Donelson and Hodgson" (1801?). Copy at the Library of Congress.
- LoveAgainstDonelsonAndHodgson1800P14.jpg
Page 14 from Wythe's pamphlet, "Love, Against Donelson and Hodgson" (1801?), with Wythe's correction for the footnote: Κάλχας Θεστορίδης οἰωνοπόλων. Copy at the Library of Congress.
- LoveAgainstDonelsonAndHodgson1800P32.jpg
Page 32 from Wythe's pamphlet, "Love, Against Donelson and Hodgson" (1801?). Copy at the Library of Congress.
Page 482 of the third edition of John Taylor's Elements of the Civil Law (London: Charles Bathurst, 1769), with Wythe's reference to the "Norma Lesbia, which shapes itself to every thing."
References
- ↑ George Wythe, Love, against Donelson and Hodgson (Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson, 1801?).
- ↑ Charles Evans, in his American Bibliography, vol. 11 (1942), mistakenly gives the date of publication as 1796. Wythe states that the case took place in the "first year of the nineteenth centurie"; it is the opinion of the editors that the Chancellor would have understood that the new century began January 1, 1801, and therefore Love against Donelson must have been published sometime between 1801 and the year of Wythe's death, in 1806.
- ↑ Library of Congress catalog record.
- ↑ Calchas was the prophet of Troy. Homer, Iliad 1.69.
See also
- American Bibliography
- Between Fowler and Saunders
- Between Wilkins and Taylor
- Between Yates and Salle
- The Case of Overtons Mill: Prolegomena
- Case upon the Statute for Distribution (pamphlet)
- Love v. Donelson
- Report of the Case between Aylett and Aylett
- Report of the Case between Field and Harrison
