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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
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Ordered by Wythe from John Norton & Sons in a letter dated August 3, 1769. Records indicate the order was fulfilled.<ref>Frances Norton Mason, ed., ''John Norton & Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia: Being the Papers from their Counting House for the Years 1750 to 1795'' (Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1937), 101. The letter is endorsed "Virga. Aug. 3d 1769/ George Wythe / recd. Octo. 18<sup>th</sup> pr. Brilliant / Ans. the March 1770 / pr. ''Brilliant''."</ref> Also listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "'Irish Debates. 2.v. 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'[Irish] Debates' (2 vols., $1.00 value)." In her 1958 work on the George Wythe House, Mary R. M. Goodwin merely lists the title ''Debates of the Parliament of Ireland'' without providing supporting bibliographical information.<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, ''The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings'' (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), xlvii. Available at http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml</ref> Dean's Memo<ref>Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 7 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> suggests the 1689 publication, ''A True Account of the Whole Proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland, beginning March 25, 1689''. The other two of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources, Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing, include the 1766 publication by Sir James Caldwel, ''Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Years 1763 and 1764'', as the probable title owned by Wythe. The Wolf Law Library concurred with their identification and purchased a copy of this set.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
Bound in original calf with title in gilt on spine. Purchased from Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries, Ltd.
 
Bound in original calf with title in gilt on spine. Purchased from Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries, Ltd.
 
  
 
View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3473584 William & Mary's online catalog.]
 
View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3473584 William & Mary's online catalog.]

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by Sir James Caldwell

Sir James Caldwell (c. 1720-1784), was deeply involved in the economic and political affairs of Ireland. "He maintained a wide correspondence with a great variety of public Žfigures in Ireland and Britain and wrote some twenty-five pamphlets on aspects of the political, economic and military affairs of Ireland."[1] Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Year 1763 and 1764 is a prime example of his "considerable ability" as an author.[2] He kept excellent records due in part to "his unrelenting, but unsuccessful pursuit of an Irish peerage":[3]

"...I now suffer the anguish of disappointment and stand exposed as the Dupe of Sport or artifice, an insignificant retainer of state, cajoled and neglected, flattering myself with importance like the fly upon the wheel, officiously busy to render service that is despised and ridiculously elated with the hope of reward that never was intended to be conferred..."[4]

Caldwell was posthumously recognized for his widely acclaimed work on the debates of the Irish House of Commons. It is considered to be in the primacy of parliamentary literature in part because it was written from Caldwell's memory of his attendance of the sessions.[5]

Bibliographic Information

Author: Sir James Caldwell

Title: Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Years 1763 and 1764 Taken by a Military Officer to Which are Added, an Inquiry How Far the Restrictions Laid Upon the Trade of Ireland, by British Acts of Parliament, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to British Dominions in General, and to England in Particular, for Whose Separate Advantage They Were Intended, with Extracts of Such Parts of the Statutes as Lay the Trade of Ireland under Those Restrictions

Published: London, 1766.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Ordered by Wythe from John Norton & Sons in a letter dated August 3, 1769. Records indicate the order was fulfilled.[6] Also listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "'Irish Debates. 2.v. 8vo." and given by Thomas Jefferson to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'[Irish] Debates' (2 vols., $1.00 value)." In her 1958 work on the George Wythe House, Mary R. M. Goodwin merely lists the title Debates of the Parliament of Ireland without providing supporting bibliographical information.[7] Dean's Memo[8] suggests the 1689 publication, A True Account of the Whole Proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland, beginning March 25, 1689. The other two of the Wythe Collection sources, Brown's Bibliography[9] and George Wythe's Library[10] on LibraryThing, include the 1766 publication by Sir James Caldwel, Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Years 1763 and 1764, as the probable title owned by Wythe. The Wolf Law Library concurred with their identification and purchased a copy of this set.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in original calf with title in gilt on spine. Purchased from Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries, Ltd.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

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References

  1. Mervyn Busteed, "Sir James Caldwell, c.1720-84: An Anglo-Irish Landlord in the Age of Improvement," Irish Studies Review 9, no.3 (2001), 320.
  2. David O'Donoghue, The Geographical Distribution of Irish Ability (Dublin: O'Donoghue and Co., 1906), 142.
  3. Busteed, "Sir James Caldwell," 321.
  4. J.B. Cunningham, Castle Caldwell and its Families (Belleek: Water Gate Press, 1980), 81.
  5. John Almon, Biographical, Literary and Political Anecdotes of Several of the Most Eminent Persons of the Present Age (London: Printed for T.N. Longman, and L.B. Seeley ..., 1797), 1:20.
  6. Frances Norton Mason, ed., John Norton & Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia: Being the Papers from their Counting House for the Years 1750 to 1795 (Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1937), 101. The letter is endorsed "Virga. Aug. 3d 1769/ George Wythe / recd. Octo. 18th pr. Brilliant / Ans. the March 1770 / pr. Brilliant."
  7. Mary R. M. Goodwin, The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), xlvii. Available at http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml
  8. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 7 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  9. 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
  10. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe