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Julian P. Boyd & W. Edwin Hemphill The Murder of George Wythe
Williamsburg, VIriginai Institute f Early American History and Culture 1958 Near Fine
Red paper Reprinted from the William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Vol XII, October 1955. No owners marks. A fine, clean copy. A study of one of the earliest documented murders in American history. Apparently poisoned by a jealous nephew, the abolitionist and signer of the Declaration of the Independence, George Wythe was a resident of Williamsburg, Va and life-long friend of Thomas Jefferson, Wythe freed his slaves, provided support and included them in his will, which may have inspired his great-nephew's perfidy.
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