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=== John Adams ===
 
=== John Adams ===
 
*[[Wythe to Adams, 5 December 1783]], in ''Papers of John Adams Vol. 15'', (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977), 396.
 
*[[Wythe to Adams, 5 December 1783]], in ''Papers of John Adams Vol. 15'', (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977), 396.
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=== William Alexander, Lord Stirling ===
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*[[Lord Stirling to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 2 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i162, p308.
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=== Joseph Blewer ===
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*[[Joseph Blewer & Daniel Robinson to Wythe, John Adams, & Silas Deane, 2 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r71, i58, p437.
  
 
=== Robert Carter ===
 
=== Robert Carter ===
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=== Nicholas Cooke ===
 
=== Nicholas Cooke ===
 
*[[Wythe, William Ellergy & Committee on Clothing to Nicholas Cooke, 11 October 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 334.
 
*[[Wythe, William Ellergy & Committee on Clothing to Nicholas Cooke, 11 October 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 334.
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=== Tim Danielson ===
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*[[Tim Danielson & Massachusetts General Court Committee Near White Plains to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 3 November 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r79, i65, v1, p131.
  
 
=== Alexander Donald ===
 
=== Alexander Donald ===
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*[[Wythe to Franklin, 23 June 1766]], in ''The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766'', eds. Leonard W. Labaree et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1969), 321, available at [http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=13&page=321a].   
 
*[[Wythe to Franklin, 23 June 1766]], in ''The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766'', eds. Leonard W. Labaree et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1969), 321, available at [http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=13&page=321a].   
 
*[[Wythe to Franklin, 6 September 1777]], in ''The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 24: May 1, 1777 through September 30, 1777,'' eds. William B. Willcox et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984), 506, ''available at'' [http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=24&page=506a].
 
*[[Wythe to Franklin, 6 September 1777]], in ''The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 24: May 1, 1777 through September 30, 1777,'' eds. William B. Willcox et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984), 506, ''available at'' [http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=24&page=506a].
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=== Thomas Greenough ===
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*[[Thomas Greenough to Wythe, John Adams, & Silas Deane, 22 December 1775]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r95, i78, v10, p13.
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=== John Hancock ===
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*[[Wythe, William Ellergy & Committee on Clothing to John Hancock, 4 November 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r71, i58, p409.
  
 
=== Benjamin Harrison ===
 
=== Benjamin Harrison ===
 
*[[Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=14].   
 
*[[Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=14].   
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*[[Wythe & the Inhabitants of Williamsburg, VA to Benjamin Harrison, July 1783]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r60, i46, p89.
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=== Moses Hazen ===
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*[[Moses Hazen to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 18 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r96, i78, v11, p17.
  
 
=== Patrick Henry ===
 
=== Patrick Henry ===
 
*[[Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, & Francis Lightfoot Lee to Patrick Henry]], 17 September 1776, in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 190.
 
*[[Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, & Francis Lightfoot Lee to Patrick Henry]], 17 September 1776, in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 190.
 
*[[Wythe et al. to Patrick Henry(?), 7 November 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 451.
 
*[[Wythe et al. to Patrick Henry(?), 7 November 1776]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 5'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 451.
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=== Samuel Huntington ===
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*[[Samuel Huntington to Wythe et al., 2 February 1780]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r24, i14, p290.
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*[[Wythe to Samuel Huntington, 21 February 1780]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v24, p183.
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=== John Jay ===
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*[[Wythe, Archibald Cary & the Virginia General Assembly to John Jay & the Continental Congress, 15 December 1778]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r22, i9, p123.
  
 
=== Thomas Jefferson ===
 
=== Thomas Jefferson ===
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=== Joseph Jones ===
 
=== Joseph Jones ===
 
*[[Joseph Jones to George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, & Edmund Pendleton (draft), circ. 16? April 1781]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 17'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 158.
 
*[[Joseph Jones to George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, & Edmund Pendleton (draft), circ. 16? April 1781]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 17'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 158.
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=== Henry Laurens ===
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*[[Wythe and Archibald Cary to Henry Laurens, 12 January 1778]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v23, p437.
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*[[Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 27 February 1778]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v23, p457.
  
 
=== Richard Henry Lee ===
 
=== Richard Henry Lee ===
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*[[Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 19 October 1777]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 8'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 146.
 
*[[Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 19 October 1777]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 8'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 146.
 
*[[ Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 28 February 1783]], in ''The Letters of Richard Henry Lee vol. 2, 1779-1794'', ed. James Curtis Ballagh (Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University), 279-80, ''available at'' [http://leearchive.wlu.edu/papers/letters/transcripts-ballagh/b255.html].
 
*[[ Richard Henry Lee to Wythe, 28 February 1783]], in ''The Letters of Richard Henry Lee vol. 2, 1779-1794'', ed. James Curtis Ballagh (Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University), 279-80, ''available at'' [http://leearchive.wlu.edu/papers/letters/transcripts-ballagh/b255.html].
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*[[Wythe to Richard Henry Lee, 23 February 1785]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r104, i78, v24, p503.
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=== Christopher Leffingwell ===
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*[[Christopher Leffingwell to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 29 November 1775]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r98, i78, v14, p43.
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=== Abraham Livingston ===
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*[[Abraham Livingston to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 8 May 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r98, i78, v14, p71.
  
 
=== James Madison ===
 
=== James Madison ===
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*[[Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 4 December 1785]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 471-72.
 
*[[Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 4 December 1785]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 471-72.
 
*[[Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 22 February 1786]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 472-73.
 
*[[Wythe to John Hatley Norton, 22 February 1786]], ''John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia'', ed. Frances Norton Mason (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1937), 472-73.
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=== William Paulding ===
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*[[William Paulding & New York Committee of Safety to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 26 March 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r81, i67, v1, p198.
  
 
=== Edmund Pendleton ===
 
=== Edmund Pendleton ===
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=== Beverley Randolph ===
 
=== Beverley Randolph ===
 
*[[Wythe to Beverley Randolph, 3 March 1789]], in ''Signers of the Declaration of Independence in the DAR Americana Collection'', (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2005), ''available at'' [http://www.dar.org/americana/signers/#img/George%20Wythe.jpg].   
 
*[[Wythe to Beverley Randolph, 3 March 1789]], in ''Signers of the Declaration of Independence in the DAR Americana Collection'', (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2005), ''available at'' [http://www.dar.org/americana/signers/#img/George%20Wythe.jpg].   
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=== Philip Schuyler ===
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 22 January 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p406.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 24 January 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p406.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 10 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v1, p512.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 24 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p25.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 27 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p25.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 21 March 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p67.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 2 April 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p75.
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*[[Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 31 May 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r172, i153, v2, p179.
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=== Peter Simon ===
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*[[Peter Simon to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 1 May 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r56, i42, v7, p3.
  
 
=== Charles Thomson ===
 
=== Charles Thomson ===
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=== Jonathan Trumbull ===
 
=== Jonathan Trumbull ===
*[[Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe and John Adams, 25 March 1776]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Recipient%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=3].   
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*[[Jonathan Trumbull to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 6 January 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r80, i66, v1, p55.
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*[[Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe & John Adams, 9 March 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r80, i66, v1, p87.
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*[[Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe and John Adams, 25 March 1776]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Recipient%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=3].  
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=== Saint George Tucker ===
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=== James Warren ===
 
=== James Warren ===
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*[[Wythe and Robert Nicholas to George Washington, 27 May 1760]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=1].   
 
*[[Wythe and Robert Nicholas to George Washington, 27 May 1760]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=1].   
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 17 January 1774]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 5 Financial Papers'', ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), images 180-182, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw5&fileName=gwpage004.db&recNum=179].   
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 17 January 1774]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 5 Financial Papers'', ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), images 180-182, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw5&fileName=gwpage004.db&recNum=179].   
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 31 December 1775]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, p381.
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 19 January 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, p419.
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 30 January 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, p447.
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 14 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, p485.
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 4 April 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v1, p581.
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*[[George Washington to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 8 June 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r166, i152, v2, p9.
 
*[[Wythe to George Washington, 25 October 1781]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=16].   
 
*[[Wythe to George Washington, 25 October 1781]], in ''Founders Online, National Archives'', ''available at'' [http://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Wythe%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=16].   
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks'' (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), image 139, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138].
 
*[[George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793]], in ''George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks'' (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), image 139, ''available at'' [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138].
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=== Nathaniel Woodhull ===
 
=== Nathaniel Woodhull ===
 
*[[Wythe, John Adams & Silas Deane to Nathaniel Woodhull, 19 October 1775]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 2'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 208.
 
*[[Wythe, John Adams & Silas Deane to Nathaniel Woodhull, 19 October 1775]], in ''Letters to Delegates to Congress: 1774-1789, Vol. 2'', ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976), 208.
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=== David Wooster ===
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*[[David Wooster to the Continental Congress, referred to Wythe & Committee, 11 February 1776]], ''The Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-1789'', ed. John P. Butler (Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1978), M247, r179, i161, p265.
  
 
== Papers ==
 
== Papers ==

Revision as of 16:43, 7 November 2013

Although his lecture notes from his teaching days at William & Mary were in still in existence in 1810, no collection of George Wythe's papers or correspondence has survived to the present day. Instead, the list below derives from Wythe's contemporaries. As a leader of the Revolution, Wythe exchanged correspondence with many of the notable men of his time and it is from their papers that we piece together the Chancellor's collection.

Letters

John Adams

William Alexander, Lord Stirling

Joseph Blewer

Robert Carter

George Rogers Clark

Nicholas Cooke

Tim Danielson

Alexander Donald

Benjamin Franklin

  • Wythe to Franklin, 23 June 1766, in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766, eds. Leonard W. Labaree et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1969), 321, available at [4].
  • Wythe to Franklin, 6 September 1777, in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 24: May 1, 1777 through September 30, 1777, eds. William B. Willcox et al. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984), 506, available at [5].

Thomas Greenough

John Hancock

Benjamin Harrison

Moses Hazen

Patrick Henry

Samuel Huntington

John Jay

Thomas Jefferson

Joseph Jones

Henry Laurens

Richard Henry Lee

Christopher Leffingwell

Abraham Livingston

James Madison

George Mason

George Morgan

Robert C. Nicholas

John Norton

John Hatley Norton

William Paulding

Edmund Pendleton

Beverley Randolph

Philip Schuyler

Peter Simon

Charles Thomson

Jonathan Trumbull

Saint George Tucker

James Warren

George Washington

Nathaniel Woodhull

David Wooster

Papers

  • “Land Title Opinion,” 15 December 1773, George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 4 General Correspondences, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1999), images 25-27, available at [78].