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===by Sir John Vaughan===
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}}[[wikipedia:John Vaughan (judge)|Sir John Vaughan]] (1603 &ndash; 1674) was admitted to the [[wikipedia:Inner Temple|Inner Temple]] in 1621 and called to the bar in 1630.<ref>J. Gwynn Williams, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/28134 Vaughan, Sir John (1603–1674)]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 19, 2013.</ref> A constitutional royalist, Vaughan retired from his profession at the outbreak of the English Civil War. He subsequently returned to public life and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament from 1661 to 1668 where he developed a reputation for "silver-tongued eloquence."<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1668, he was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of the [[wikipedia:Court of Common Pleas (England)|Court of Common Pleas]], a position which earned him praise as "a really consummate common law judge."<ref>J. Campbell, ''Lives of the Chief Justices'', 3, 1857, 2.</ref> Vaughan's ''Reports'', published posthumously by his only son, mainly represent his decisions on the bench and are, with a few exceptions "distinguished for accuracy and sound learning."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 707. See also John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 334.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Vaughan's [reports]" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Both [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 15 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and 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Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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> include the 2nd edition (1706) based in part on John Marshall's law notes.<ref>Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris, eds., ''The Papers of John Marshall,'' (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing lists the first edition with the note "Precise edition unknown. Editions with identical imprints were published at London in 1677 and 1679." Following the advice of Dean and Brown, the Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 2nd edition.

[[File:VaughanReports1706HeadpieceToTheReader.jpg|left|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece, "To the Reader."</center>]]
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Rebound in half leather with raised bands, gilt designs, a leather label, and marbled paper covered boards. Copy missing engraved frontispiece. Purchased from Weller Book Works.

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===Full text===
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/ReportsAndArgumentsOfThatLearnedJudgeSirJohnVaughn1706.pdf ''The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan''] (28MB PDF)
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==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]
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==References==
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==External Links==
Read this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mHQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books.]

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