George-Wythe-CollectionWythe, George CollectionGuide to the George Wythe Collection Mss. 39.2 W99Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.Special Collections Research Center

2007-06-22

William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library400 Landrum DrWilliamsburg, VirginiaBusiness Number: 757-221-3090spcoll@wm.eduURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 12:45:07 -0400.The collection description/finding aid is written in English Special Collections Research Center George Wythe Collection Wythe, George, 1726-1806 Mss. 39.2 W99 /repositories/2/resources/5606 0.01 Linear Foot 1779-1927 English Biographical Information:

George Wythe was born in 1726 in Elizabeth City County, Va. He attended the College of William and Mary. Wythe studied law and was a member and clerk of the House of Burgesses. Member of Continental Congress. Signed Declaration of Independence. Speaker of House of Delegates. Judge of Virginia High Court of Chancery. Professor of Law and Police at William and Mary, 1779- 1790. Moved to Richmond where he died in 1806.

 Acquisition Information:

The materials in this collection were donated  by Clarence Hodson, Spencer Timm, and Fritz Herschfeld and purchased by W&M Special Collections in batches between 1974 and 1996.

 Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

 Preferred Citation:

George Wythe Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Arrangement of Materials:

All accessions have been combined and filed together under Mss. 39.2 W99.

 Scope and Contents

Copies of letters, 1781-1783, from George Wythe, Williamsburg, Va. , one to John Adams and another to Thomas Jefferson concerning the use of the College of William and Mary as a hospital. Also includes a magazine article about Wythe; newspaper copy of William Munford's oration at Wythe's funeral; correspondence, 1921, of Robert M. Hughes concerning a monument for Wythe's grave; a form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery which gives "Forms of Injunctions," Forms of Orders," "Certificates,"Processes,"Executions," "Rules of Court," "Bonds," and "Appeal," of chancery cases from the Richmond High Court (1779-1802); several engravings of Wythe and bills of complaints in lawsuits.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Correspondence Photographs Speeches, addresses, etc. Typescripts Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History Williamsburg (Va.)--History United States--Lawyers College of William and Mary--History--18th century Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 Continential Congress Declaration of Independence House of Burgesses Legal documents United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty Virginia. High Court of Chancery. Richmond District College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Marshall-Wythe School of Law Virginia. High Court of Chancery Adams, John, 1735-1826 Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Collectionid131957/repositories/2/archival_objects/255032Manuscripts Group 2 Box 361Thoughts on government...written in the year 1776 by the Vice President of the United States, then a member of congress, in a letter to the Hon. George Wythe.id131958/repositories/2/archival_objects/255033Spetember 29 and October 2 1790Scope and Contents

In the Gazette of the United States. 2 pieces.

Photostatic copy of a letter from George Wythe, at Williamsburg, to Thomas Jeffersonid131959/repositories/2/archival_objects/255034December 31 1781Scope and Contents

1 piece.

Printed facsimile of a letter from George Wythe to J. Adamsid131960/repositories/2/archival_objects/255035December 5 1783Scope and Contents

1 piece.

Typed extracts of letters from William Munford to John Coalter, mentioning George Wythe.id131961/repositories/2/archival_objects/255036June 13 1790, April 23 and September 30 1791Oration delivered by William Munford at the funeral of George Wytheid131962/repositories/2/archival_objects/255037June 13 1806Scope and Contents

In the Enquirer, Richmond, Va. Photostatic Copy. 1 piece.

Correspondence of Robert M. Hughes regarding the erection of a monument over the grave of George Wythe, and a photograph of the monumentid131963/repositories/2/archival_objects/2550381921-1922America's first professor of lawid131964/repositories/2/archival_objects/255039July 1926Scope and Contents

In the Mentor, 1 piece.

Engravings and prints of George Wytheid131965/repositories/2/archival_objects/255040A printed sheet showing a portrait of George Wythe, a cut of the Wythe House at Williamsburg, the design of Wythe's book-plate, and the seal of Virginiaid131966/repositories/2/archival_objects/255041A newspaper clipping concerning the proposed purchase of the residence of George Wythe at Williamsburg, Va.id131967/repositories/2/archival_objects/255042February 27 1927Scope and Contents

From the New York Times, 1 piece.

[Wythe, George]. Legal form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chanceryid131969/repositories/2/archival_objects/255043Scope and Contents

Purchased from J. Presgraves, Nov. 1974

Bill of complaint in Orange County Court in case of Daniel Hart vs. Christopher Zimmerman, administrator of John Newport signed by George Wythe for the plaintiff.id131972/repositories/2/archival_objects/255044February 1748Scope and Contents

Debt concerns medicine and doctoral visits. DS. 1 item.

Bill of complaint in Orange County, Va. in the case of Anthony Strother v. Christopher Zimmerman, administrator of John Newport, signed by George Wythe for the plaintiffid131975/repositories/2/archival_objects/255045[1748?]Scope and Contents

Concerns debt of 6 pounds and eleven shillings owed by the estate of John Newport to Anthony Strother.

Bill of complaint in Orange County, Va., in the case of William Russel v. Thomas Dowde, signed by George Wythe for the plaintiffid131977/repositories/2/archival_objects/255046February 1747Scope and Contents

Concerns a debt. Jury found for the defendant. Ph of DS. 2pp. (Original in the Marshall-Wythe Law Library)