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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson, and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson, and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following his state funeral in Richmond, Virginia, Wythe had been buried at the historic [http://historicstjohnschurch.org/ St. John's Church] without a headstone, and the exact location of his grave has been forgotten: as early as 1884, Wythe's namesake [[Chancellor Wythe's Death|George Wythe Munford wrote]], "There is no monument or other mark to designate the spot where his remains repose; but it is believed he was buried on the west side of the church, near the wall of that building."<ref>George Wythe Munford, [[Two Parsons|''The Two Parsons; Cupid's Sports; The Dream; and The Jewels of Virginia'']] (Richmond, Virginia: J.D.K. Sleight, 1884), 429.</ref> Indeed, at the time of his death in 1806, the [[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|Richmond ''Enquirer'']] commented that "the venerable George Wythe needs no other monument than the services rendered to his country, and the universal sorrow which that country sheds over his grave."<ref>[[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|''The Enquirer'' (Richmond, VA), June 10, 1806, 3.]]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following his state funeral in Richmond, Virginia, Wythe had been buried at the historic [http://historicstjohnschurch.org/ St. John's Church] without a headstone, and the exact location of his grave has been forgotten: as early as 1884, Wythe's namesake [[Chancellor Wythe's Death|George Wythe Munford wrote]], "There is no monument or other mark to designate the spot where his remains repose; but it is believed he was buried on the west side of the church, near the wall of that building."<ref>George Wythe Munford, [[Two Parsons|''The Two Parsons; Cupid's Sports; The Dream; and The Jewels of Virginia'']] (Richmond, Virginia: J.D.K. Sleight, 1884), 429<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ref><ref>An article in the Baltimore ''Sun'' on September 25, 1904, however, records that the grave was "shaded by an elm tree and identified by a piece of iron driven in at the head." Reprinted in Louise Pecquet du Bellet, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tyQSAAAAYAAJ/page/n35 ''Some Prominent Virginia Families''] (Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell, 1907)2: 24</ins>.</ref> Indeed, at the time of his death in 1806, the [[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|Richmond ''Enquirer'']] commented that "the venerable George Wythe needs no other monument than the services rendered to his country, and the universal sorrow which that country sheds over his grave."<ref>[[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|''The Enquirer'' (Richmond, VA), June 10, 1806, 3.]]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&mdash;one of Wythe's former students&mdash;</del>and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following his state funeral in Richmond, Virginia, Wythe had been buried at the historic [http://historicstjohnschurch.org/ St. John's Church] without a headstone, and the exact location of his grave has been forgotten: as early as 1884, Wythe's namesake [[Chancellor Wythe's Death|George Wythe Munford wrote]], "There is no monument or other mark to designate the spot where his remains repose; but it is believed he was buried on the west side of the church, near the wall of that building."<ref>George Wythe Munford, [[Two Parsons|''The Two Parsons; Cupid's Sports; The Dream; and The Jewels of Virginia'']] (Richmond, Virginia: J.D.K. Sleight, 1884), 429.</ref> Indeed, at the time of his death in 1806, the [[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|Richmond ''Enquirer'']] commented that "the venerable George Wythe needs no other monument than the services rendered to his country, and the universal sorrow which that country sheds over his grave."<ref>[[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|''The Enquirer'' (Richmond, VA), June 10, 1806, 3.]]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following his state funeral in Richmond, Virginia, Wythe had been buried at the historic [http://historicstjohnschurch.org/ St. John's Church] without a headstone, and the exact location of his grave has been forgotten: as early as 1884, Wythe's namesake [[Chancellor Wythe's Death|George Wythe Munford wrote]], "There is no monument or other mark to designate the spot where his remains repose; but it is believed he was buried on the west side of the church, near the wall of that building."<ref>George Wythe Munford, [[Two Parsons|''The Two Parsons; Cupid's Sports; The Dream; and The Jewels of Virginia'']] (Richmond, Virginia: J.D.K. Sleight, 1884), 429.</ref> Indeed, at the time of his death in 1806, the [[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|Richmond ''Enquirer'']] commented that "the venerable George Wythe needs no other monument than the services rendered to his country, and the universal sorrow which that country sheds over his grave."<ref>[[Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806|''The Enquirer'' (Richmond, VA), June 10, 1806, 3.]]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not only was he the preceptor of Randolph, Jefferson and Marshall, but also [[wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]], [[St. George Tucker]], [[Spencer Roane]], James Breckenridge, [[John Coalter]], [[Littleton Waller Tazewell]], [[William Munford]], [[James Innis]], [[George Nicholas]] and [[Henry Clay]]. [[Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851|Mr. Clay said]] that "to no man was he more indebted, by his instructions, his advice, and his example, for the intellectual improvement which he made up to the period when in his twenty-first year he finally left the City of Richmond for Kentucky."<ref>"[[Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' 5, no. 3 (July 1852), 162-167. Reprinted in B.B. Minor, ed., "[[Memoir of the Author]]," in ''Decisions of Cases In Virginia, By the High Court Chancery, with Remarks Upon Decrees By the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions,'' by George Wythe (Richmond, Virginia: J.W. Randolph, 1852), xxxii-xxxvi.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Not only was he the preceptor of Randolph, Jefferson and Marshall, but also [[wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]], [[St. George Tucker]], [[Spencer Roane]], James Breckenridge, [[John Coalter]], [[Littleton Waller Tazewell]], [[William Munford]], [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">James Innes|</ins>James Innis]], [[George Nicholas]] and [[Henry Clay]]. [[Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851|Mr. Clay said]] that "to no man was he more indebted, by his instructions, his advice, and his example, for the intellectual improvement which he made up to the period when in his twenty-first year he finally left the City of Richmond for Kentucky."<ref>"[[Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' 5, no. 3 (July 1852), 162-167. Reprinted in B.B. Minor, ed., "[[Memoir of the Author]]," in ''Decisions of Cases In Virginia, By the High Court Chancery, with Remarks Upon Decrees By the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions,'' by George Wythe (Richmond, Virginia: J.W. Randolph, 1852), xxxii-xxxvi.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:WytheMonument.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<p>Monument to mark George Wythe's burial at St. John's Episcopal Church, East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.</p><p>A smaller plaque at the base of the column was placed sometime after 2004 by [http://www.dsdi1776.com/signers-grave-recognition/ Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Inc.], to commemorate Wythe as a signer.</p>]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:WytheMonument.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<p>Monument to mark George Wythe's burial at St. John's Episcopal Church, East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.</p><p>A smaller plaque at the base of the column was placed sometime after 2004 by [http://www.dsdi1776.com/signers-grave-recognition/ Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Inc.], to commemorate Wythe as a signer.</p>]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson&mdash;one of Wythe's former students&mdash;and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After [[Death of George Wythe|George Wythe's death]] in 1806, the Virginia General Assembly voted to wear a "[[National Intelligencer, 15 December 1806|badge of mourning]]" for one month, as a sign of respect to Wythe's contributions to both the Commonwealth, and as a founder of the United States.<ref>''National Intelligencer, and Washington Advertiser'' (Washington, D.C.), 15 December 1806, 2; ''Journals of the Council of Virginia,'' vol. 27, 448. Cited in Imogene E. Brown, ''American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe'' (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981), 301.</ref> The executor of [[Last Will and Testament|Wythe's will]], William DuVal, however, would have preferred that the legislature had "erected at the public Expence a plain Tomb Stone, to transmit to future ages the High Lines they entertained of his Talents, his Patriotism, and his inflexible Integrity &mdash; his was a rare Character, such an One as is scarcely to be met with in many Centuries."<ref>[[Jefferson-DuVal Correspondence#William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806|William DuVal to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1806]], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib016653 ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers,''] Series 1, General Correspondence, 1651-1827, Library of Congress.</ref> Later efforts to procure a suitable monument for Wythe were reported in the [[Venerable Old Tree|Richmond ''Times'']] in 1894 and 1901, made by Judge Conway Robinson&mdash;one of Wythe's former students&mdash;and Congressman John Lamb.<ref>W.P.P., "[[Venerable Old Tree|A Venerable Old Tree]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), October 28, 1894, 9; "[[In Wythe's Memory]]," ''The Times'' (Richmond, VA), January 12, 1901, 4.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The proceedings of the 1921 meeting of the Virginia Bar Association includes the names of the members appointed to the "Special Committee to Aid in Securing Suitable Marker for Grave of George Wythe": Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Eppa Hunton, Jr., of Richmond; and Eugene C. Massie of Richmond.<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Virginia State Bar Assocation, ''</del>[[Media:ProceedingsOfTheThirty-SecondAnnualMeetingOfTheVirginiaStateBarAssociation1921.pdf|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Proceedings of the Annual Meeting</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,'' </del>1921, 99.</ref> Hughes had previously served as a member of the committee that placed a [[Wythe Tablet|memorial tablet]] dedicated to Wythe in the chapel of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary, in 1893.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The proceedings of the 1921 meeting of the Virginia Bar Association includes the names of the members appointed to the "Special Committee to Aid in Securing Suitable Marker for Grave of George Wythe": Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Eppa Hunton, Jr., of Richmond; and Eugene C. Massie of Richmond.<ref>[[Media:ProceedingsOfTheThirty-SecondAnnualMeetingOfTheVirginiaStateBarAssociation1921.pdf|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''Virginia State Bar Association Reports''</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">33 (</ins>1921<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>, 99.</ref> Hughes had previously served as a member of the committee that placed a [[Wythe Tablet|memorial tablet]] dedicated to Wythe in the chapel of the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary, in 1893.</div></td></tr>
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