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<p style="font-size: 85%;">Page six of Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].</p>
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<p style="font-size: 85%;">Page five of Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].</p>
 
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|[[Works of Flavius Josephus|Josephus]]. by Lestrange. fol.  
 
|[[Works of Flavius Josephus|Josephus]]. by Lestrange. fol.  
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|[[Works of Sir William Temple|Temple’s works]] 2.v. fol.  
 
|[[Works of Sir William Temple|Temple’s works]] 2.v. fol.  
 
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|Guthrie’s history of England & Ralph’s continuation 5.v. fo[l.]  
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|[[General History of England|Guthrie’s history of England]] & [[History of England during the Reigns of K. William, Q. Anne, and K. George I|Ralph’s continuation]] 5.v. fo[l.]  
 
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|[[Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale|Etats Unis de Mazzei]]. 4.v. in 3. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale|Etats Unis de Mazzei]]. 4.v. in 3. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Marshal’s [[Life of George Washington|Life of Washington]]. 4.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|[[Life of George Washington|Marshal’s Life of Washington]]. 4.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|[[Hippocratis Aphorismi|Hippocratis Aphorismata]]. p.f.  
 
|[[Hippocratis Aphorismi|Hippocratis Aphorismata]]. p.f.  
 
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|Plinii Historia Naturalis fol.  
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|[[Naturalis Historiæ|Plinii Historia Naturalis]] fol.  
 
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|Shaftesbury’s Characteristics. 3.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.  
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|[[Characteristicks, of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times etc.|Shaftesbury’s Characteristics]]. 3.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.  
 
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|Platonis opera. Gr. Lat. fol.  
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|[[Platonos Hapanta ta Sozomena|Platonis opera]]. Gr. Lat. fol.  
 
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|[[Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne|Montaigne]]. Eng. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne|Montaigne]]. Eng. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|[[De Veritate Religionis Christianae|Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[De Veritate Religionis Christianae|Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Code de l’humanité. 13.v. 4<sup>to</sup>. par Felice.  
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|[[Code de l'Humanité|Code de l’humanité]]. 13.v. 4<sup>to</sup>. par Felice.  
 
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|[[Blackstone's Commentaries|Tucker’s Blackstone]] 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[Blackstone's Commentaries|Tucker’s Blackstone]] 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Hooker’s [[Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker|Ecclesiastical polity]]. fol.  
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|[[Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker|Hooker’s Ecclesiastical polity]]. fol.  
 
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|[[History of Florence|Machiavel]].  
 
|[[History of Florence|Machiavel]].  
 
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|Mirabeau, Turgot etc 8<sup>vo/sup>.  
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|[[Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus|Mirabeau, Turgot etc]] 8<sup>vo/sup>.  
 
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|[[Letter to Sir William Windham|Bolingbroke to Windham]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[Letter to Sir William Windham|Bolingbroke to Windham]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;’s [[Remarks on the History of England|Oldcastle’s remarks]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;’s [[Remarks on the History of England|Oldcastle’s remarks]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Parliamentary Manual. 12<sup>mo</sup>.  
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|[[Manual of Parliamentary Practice|Parliamentary Manual]]. 12<sup>mo</sup>.  
 
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|[[History and Proceedings of the House of Lords|Debates in the H. of Lords]] 7.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[History and Proceedings of the House of Lords|Debates in the H. of Lords]] 7.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|[[Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte|Egypte de Volney]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
|[[Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte|Egypte de Volney]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Darwin’s [[Botanic Garden|Botanic garden]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|[[Botanic Garden|Darwin’s Botanic garden]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zoonomia. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Zoonomia or The Laws of Organic Life|Zoonomia]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.  
 
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|Spectator. an odd vol.  
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|[[Spectator]]. an odd vol.  
 
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|[[Connoisseur|Connoisseur]]. an odd vol.  
 
|[[Connoisseur|Connoisseur]]. an odd vol.  
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*[[John Wayles Eppes]]
 
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*[[Martha Jefferson Randolph]]
 
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*[[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]

Latest revision as of 16:58, 4 December 2015

Thomas Mann Randolph (October 1, 1768-June 20, 1828), the husband of Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Martha, served the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Governor and U. S. Congressman.[1] Randolph received thirty-eight titles from Wythe's library.

Wythe Books Given to Randolph by Thomas Jefferson

The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.[2] The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.

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Page five of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[Mr. Randolph?]
Josephus. by Lestrange. fol.
Clarendon’s history. 3.v. fol.
Temple’s works 2.v. fol.
Guthrie’s history of England & Ralph’s continuation 5.v. fo[l.]
Etats Unis de Mazzei. 4.v. in 3. 8vo.
Marshal’s Life of Washington. 4.v. 8vo.
Hippocratis Aphorismata. p.f.
Plinii Historia Naturalis fol.
Shaftesbury’s Characteristics. 3.v. 12mo.
Platonis opera. Gr. Lat. fol.
Montaigne. Eng. 2.v. 8vo.
Tillotson’s works. 2.v. fol.
Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae. 8vo.
Code de l’humanité. 13.v. 4to. par Felice.
Tucker’s Blackstone 5.v. 8vo.
Hooker’s Ecclesiastical polity. fol.
Machiavel.
Mirabeau, Turgot etc 8vo/sup>.
Bolingbroke to Windham 8vo.
     ’s Dissertation on parties. 8vo.
     ’s Oldcastle’s remarks 8vo.
Parliamentary Manual. 12mo.
Debates in the H. of Lords 7.v. 8vo.
   in the H. of Commons. 13.v. 8vo.
Irish Debates. 2.v. 8vo.
Postlethwayt’s Dictionary. 1. of the vols only. fol.
Voyages de la Grece 4.v. 8vo. de Guys
Lettres de Savary sur l’Egypte 3.v. 8vo.
Egypte de Volney. 2.v. 8vo.
Darwin’s Botanic garden. 8vo.
     Zoonomia. 3.v. 8vo.
Spectator. an odd vol.
Connoisseur. an odd vol.
Rabelais. 5.v. 12mo. 2d. wanting
Dictionary of Arts & sciences. 4.v. 8vo.
Bacon’s works. 4.v. fol.
Locke’s works. 3.v. fol.
Milton’s Prose works. 2.v. fol.

See also

References

  1. Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, s.v. "Thomas Mann Randolph," accessed July 3, 2013. See also Malcolm Lester, "Randolph, Thomas Mann," in American National Biography Online, 1999-. Article published February, 2000.
  2. "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.