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== Library of Virginia ==
 
== Library of Virginia ==
 
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*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1776 Oct.). ''At a General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and in the first year of the Commonwealth''. Williamsburg:  Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth, 1776.   
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*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1776 Oct.). ''At a General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and in the first year of the Commonwealth.'' Williamsburg:  Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth, 1776.   
  
*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1779 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine''. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicholson, 1779.   
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*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1779 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine.''. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicholson, 1779.   
  
*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1780 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond . Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1780''.   
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*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1780 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday, the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.'' Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1780''.   
  
*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1781 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty''. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1781.
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*Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1781 May). ''Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty.'' Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1781.
  
 
== University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library ==
 
== University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library ==

Revision as of 09:19, 15 March 2016

Many of George Wythe's actual books still survive. The following list indicates each book's current location and proof of Wythe's prior ownership.

George Wythe's copy of Acts Passed at a General Assembly (1780). From the collection of the Library of Virginia.

College of William & Mary, Wolf Law Library (on permanent loan from the Earl Gregg Swem Library)

Includes Wythe bookplate

Includes Wythe signature

Inscribed to Wythe

  • Blair, Hugh. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, 1784. [Inscribed on the front leaf: For the Honorable George Wythe Esquire from his most affectionate friend and obliged humble servant Thomas Lee Shippen. Thomas Lee Shippen; also includes George W. on front leaf]

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Includes Wythe’s bookplate

Inscribed by Wythe

  • Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia; written in the Year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the Winter of 1782, for the use of a Foreigner of Distinction,… [Paris]: 1782 [1784-85]. 1st edition [Inscribed on the front blank leaf: The Gift of the Honbl. George Wythe To Upton Beall May 10th 1787. Virginia & Maryland. Also inscribed on the first page: Upton Beale/ To gift the Honb. G. Wythe.]

Inscribed to Wythe

Library of Congress

Includes Wythe bookplate

  • Bacon, Matthew, Joseph Sayer, and Owen Ruffhead. A New Abridgment of the Law. 3rd ed. London, In the Savoy: 1736-66. [Volume II has Wythe's bookplate; volume IV has Wythe's name inscribed.]

Includes Wythe signature

Inscribed by Wythe

Inscribed to Wythe

Library of Virginia

Includes Wythe signature

  • Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1776 Oct.). At a General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and in the first year of the Commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth, 1776.
  • Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1779 May). Acts passed at a General Assembly: Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine.. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicholson, 1779.
  • Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1780 May). Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday, the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1780.
  • Virginia. Laws, etc. (Session laws: 1781 May). Acts passed at a General Assembly: begun and held in the town of Richmond, on Monday the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1781.

University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Includes Wythe's bookplate

  • The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1754. [Includes manuscript note, "The Bible belonged to George Wythe, bequeathed by him to Thomas Jefferson, given by Thomas Jefferson to his grand-daughter Cornelia Jefferson Randolph, bequeathed by her to her niece Martha Jefferson Trist, given by her to her son, Nicholas Philip Trist Burke, Alexandria, Va., after his death given to the University of Virginia by Martha Jefferson Burke, Alexandria, Va., July 4, 1912."]

Inscribed by Wythe

Virginia Historical Society

Includes Wythe’s bookplate