The Laws of the United States of America
Bibliographic Information
Author: United States.
Title: The Laws of the United States of America.
Publication Info: Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796-1797.
Edition: First edition; three volumes.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Laws of US. 1st. 2d. 3d. vols. 8vo. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The Brown Bibliography[1] includes this title and edition based in part on a copy of volume two at the University of Virginia with the inscription Given by Thos. Jefferson to D. Carr – 1806 on the inside of the front board. In contrast, George Wythe's Library[2] on LibraryThing lists the title Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America ... and indicates "Vols. 1-3 only. Precise edition unknown. Several editions of the early laws passed by Congress were published, beginning with New York and Richmond editions in 1789."
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in contemporary polished calf with spine rules and original gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Volume one contains the bookplatge of Robert Woods Bliss, founder of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and one of the creators of the United Nations.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
External Links
References
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 16, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
