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Lktesar uploaded File:CokeSecondPartInstitutes1681 EndOfPreface.jpg End of Preface from Sir Edward Coke's ''The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes''. 6th edition. London: Printed by W. Rawlins for Thomas Basset, 1681. Category: Text Pages

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End of Preface from Sir Edward Coke's ''[[Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes]]''. 6th edition. London: Printed by W. Rawlins for Thomas Basset, 1681.

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Lktesar uploaded File:CervantesTheHistoryDonQuixote1792 V3Page235.jpg Page 235, volume three, from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's ''The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote''. 6th ed. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and 12 others in London], 1792. Category:Text Pages

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Page 235, volume three, from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's ''[[Don Quixote|The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote]]''. 6th ed. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and 12 others in London], 1792.

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Lktesar uploaded File:CervantesTheHistoryDonQuixote1792 PuppetShewManIllus.jpg Illustration, volume three, from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's ''The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote''. 6th ed. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and 12 others in London], 1792. Category:Illustrations

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Illustration, volume three, from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's ''[[Don Quixote|The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote]]''. 6th ed. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and 12 others in London], 1792.

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Lktesar uploaded File:Encyclopaedia1798V13P151.jpg Page 151, volume 13 of ''Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature''. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798. Category:Text Pages

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Page 151, volume 13 of ''[[Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature]]''. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798.

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Lktesar uploaded File:Encyclopaedia1798V13P150.jpg Page 150, volume 13 of ''Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature''. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798. Category:Text Pages

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Page 150, volume 13 of ''[[Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature]]''. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798.

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Lktesar uploaded File:MiltonWorks1738V2P153.jpg Page 153 from ''A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: Correctly Printed from the Original Editions: With An Historical And Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Containing Several Original Papers of His, Never Before Published''. London: Printed for A. Millar ..., 1738. Category:Text Pages

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Page 153 from ''[[Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton|A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: Correctly Printed from the Original Editions: With An Historical And Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Containing Several Original Papers of His, Never Before Published]]''. London: Printed for A. Millar ..., 1738.

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Lktesar uploaded File:MiltonWorks1738V2P152.jpg Page 152 from ''A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: Correctly Printed from the Original Editions: With An Historical And Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Containing Several Original Papers of His, Never Before Published''. London: Printed for A. Millar ..., 1738. Category:Text Pages

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Page 152 from ''[[Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton|A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: Correctly Printed from the Original Editions: With An Historical And Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Containing Several Original Papers of His, Never Before Published]]''. London: Printed for A. Millar ..., 1738.

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Lktesar uploaded File:CaesarCJuliiCaesarisQuaeExstant1719Page1x.jpg Page one of "Commentariorum de Bello Gallico" from Julius Caesar's ''C. Julii Caesaris Quae Exstant''. Edition tertia. Londini: E [sic] typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, 1719. Category:Text Pages

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Page one of "Commentariorum de Bello Gallico" from Julius Caesar's ''[[C. Julii Caesaris Quae Exstant]]''. Edition tertia. Londini: E [sic] typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, 1719.

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Lktesar — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:17:01 GMT

Lktesar uploaded File:MiltonParadiseRegaind1758 SamsonAgonistesPersonnaea.jpg List of Persons for "Samson Agonistes" in John Milton's ''Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, In Four Books To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes And Poems Upon Several Occasions''. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758. Category:Text Pages

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List of Persons for "Samson Agonistes" in John Milton's ''[[Paradise Regain'd|Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, In Four Books To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes And Poems Upon Several Occasions]]''. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758.

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Lktesar uploaded File:MiltonParadiseRegaind1758 SamsonAgonistesa.jpg First page of "Samson Agonistes" in John Milton's ''Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, In Four Books To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes And Poems Upon Several Occasions''. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758. Category:Text Pages

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First page of "Samson Agonistes" in John Milton's ''[[Paradise Regain'd|Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, In Four Books To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes And Poems Upon Several Occasions]]''. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758.

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Lktesar uploaded File:JosephusTheWorksOfFlaviusJosephus1702Page747.jpg Page 747 from Josephus Flavius's ''Works of Flavius Josephus''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702. Category:Text Pages

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Page 747 from Josephus Flavius's ''[[Works of Flavius Josephus]]''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702.

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Lktesar uploaded File:JosephusTheWorksOfFlaviusJosephus1702Page746.jpg Page 746 from Josephus Flavius's ''Works of Flavius Josephus''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702. Category:Text Pages

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Page 746 from Josephus Flavius's ''[[Works of Flavius Josephus]]''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702.

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Henry Clay to B. B. Minor, 3 May 1851

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	"[[Media:GeorgeWytheVirginiaHistoricalRegisterJuly1852.pdf\|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," in the ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' for July, 1852, ~~saying~~ it ~~was~~ reprinted from the [[wikipedia:Brownlow's Whig\|''Whig'']] newspaper.<ref>William Maxwell, ed., "[[Media:GeorgeWytheVirginiaHistoricalRegisterJuly1852.pdf\|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' 5, no. 3 (July 1852), 162-167.</ref> ~~The~~ letter was in response to a request for biographical material on [[George Wythe]], for Minor's "[[Memoir of the Author]]," published in the second edition of [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)\|Wythe's Reports]] (1852).		"[[Media:GeorgeWytheVirginiaHistoricalRegisterJuly1852.pdf\|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," in the ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' for July, 1852, attributing it as reprinted from the [[wikipedia:Brownlow's Whig\|''Whig'']] newspaper.<ref>William Maxwell, ed., "[[Media:GeorgeWytheVirginiaHistoricalRegisterJuly1852.pdf\|Letter from Hon. Henry Clay to B.B. Minor, Esq.]]," ''Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion'' 5, no. 3 (July 1852), 162-167.</ref> [[Henry Clay\|Clay's]] letter was in response to a request for biographical material on [[George Wythe]], for Minor's "[[Memoir of the Author]]," published in the second edition of [[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)\|Wythe's Reports]] (1852).

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George Wythe Room

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Lktesar uploaded File:CaesarCJuliiCaesarisQuaeExstant1719MapOfGaul.jpg Map of the Gaul from Julius Caesar's ''C. Julii Caesaris Quae Exstant''. Edition tertia. Londini: E [sic] typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, 1719. Category:Maps

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Map of the Gaul from Julius Caesar's ''[[C. Julii Caesaris Quae Exstant]]''. Edition tertia. Londini: E [sic] typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, 1719.

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George Wythe Room

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Wythe the Politician

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Interim Attorney General (1754)

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	===Interim Attorney General (1754)===		===Interim Attorney General (1754)===

	[[File:DinwiddieToTheBoardOfTrade29January1754P1Detail.jpg\|thumb\|left\|750px\|"I have appointed George Wyth Esqr. Attorney Genl. in the room of Payton Randolph Esqr. who undertook the Agency for the House of Burgesses, in the Complaint to His Majesty against me." Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. ~~Journal~~ of ~~the Commissioners for~~ Trade ~~and Plantations~~, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.]]		[[File:DinwiddieToTheBoardOfTrade29January1754P1Detail.jpg\|thumb\|left\|750px\|"I have appointed George Wyth Esqr. Attorney Genl. in the room of Payton Randolph Esqr. who undertook the Agency for the House of Burgesses, in the Complaint to His Majesty against me." Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Virginia: Correspondence to the Board of Trade, 1753-1756, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.]]
	The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that the House of Burgesses had to send Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), the current Attorney General, before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.		The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that the House of Burgesses had to send Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), the current Attorney General, before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.

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	Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. ~~Journal~~ of ~~the Commissioners for~~ Trade ~~and Plantations~~, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.		Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. Virginia: Correspondence to the Board of Trade, 1753-1756, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. ~~Journal~~ of ~~the Commissioners for~~ Trade ~~and Plantations~~, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.		Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. Virginia: Correspondence to the Board of Trade, 1753-1756, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph. ~~Journal~~ of ~~the Commissioners for~~ Trade ~~and Plantations~~, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.		Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph. Virginia: Correspondence to the Board of Trade, 1753-1756, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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Wythe the Politician

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Interim Attorney General (1754)

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	The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that ~~Dinwiddie and~~ the House of Burgesses had to go before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.		The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that the House of Burgesses had to send Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), the current Attorney General, before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.

	Wythe only served as Attorney General for a year before he was forced to vacate the position in favor of reinstating Randolph who ~~had~~ believed when he left ~~the position~~ to go to London~~, it would only be temporary and~~ his job would be waiting for him upon his return<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 71.</ref>. Wythe would take on the role of Acting Attorney General once more, for about six months between November of 1766 and June of 1767, appointed by Lieutenant Governor Francis Fauquier<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>.		Wythe only served as Attorney General for a year before he was forced to vacate the position in favor of reinstating Randolph, who believed when he left to go to London that his job would be waiting for him upon his return.<ref>W. E. Hemphill, (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton'' (1937). Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 71.</ref> Wythe would take on the role of Acting Attorney General once more, for about six months between November of 1766 and June of 1767, appointed by Lieutenant Governor Francis Fauquier<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>.

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			[[File:DinwiddieToTheBoardOfTrade29January1754P1Detail.jpg\|thumb\|left\|750px\|"I have appointed George Wyth Esqr. Attorney Genl. in the room of Payton Randolph Esqr. who undertook the Agency for the House of Burgesses, in the Complaint to His Majesty against me." Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.]]
	The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that Dinwiddie and the House of Burgesses had to go before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.		The position of Attorney General was considered more prestigious than his seat in the House of Burgesses. Wythe was first appointed Acting, or Interim, Attorney General, by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie in January of 1754, and served for about one year<ref>"George Wythe." Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office: House History. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/2394.</ref>. During his time as interim Attorney General, Wythe was involved in many conflicts between the House of Burgesses and the Royal Government. The first dispute Wythe became wrapped up in was the Pistol Fee Crisis of 1753-1754<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 62.</ref>. The Pistole Fee Crisis was a dispute between the House of Burgesses and Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie wanted to charge individuals a pistole for land patents that had previously been unenforced in Virginia<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>. A pistole was worth about 18 shillings at the time, which was about 6 days' wages for a skilled tradesman<ref>"Currency Converter: 1270–2017". (2024, Feb. 13). The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/.</ref>. The controversy was so contentious that Dinwiddie and the House of Burgesses had to go before the Privy Council in London to argue their sides. The Privy Council, unsurprisingly, sided with Dinwiddie’s pistole fee. This crisis foreshadows future tax conflicts between the colonies and the Royal Government which would of course surface almost a decade later in 1765 with the Stamp Act<ref>C. A. G. Olson. (2020, Dec. 7). "The Pistole Fee Dispute." Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pistole-fee-dispute-the/.</ref>.

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	Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Page two of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Page two of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph.		Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, National Archives, London, UK, CO 5/1328.

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	Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Page one of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.

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	Page two of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Page two of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.

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	Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.		Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.

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Detail from of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph.

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Endorsement for a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.

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Page two of a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade, January 29, 1754. Dinwiddie appointed George Wythe, Esq. Attorney General of Virginia in the place of Peyton Randolph, and reports an opening in the Council following the death of John Lewis IV, of Warner Hall.

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	From his position as alderman, George Wythe was elected mayor by the other members of the city government<ref>Leola O. Walker. (1967, Jan.). "Officials in the City Government of Colonial Williamsburg." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 75, No. 1, 36.</ref>, taking office on November 30th, 1768<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 250.</ref>. Wythe served a single term as mayor, until November of 1769<ref>"Past Mayors & Governors." City of Williamsburg. https://www.williamsburgva.gov/573/Past-Mayors-Governors.</ref>. As mayor, Wythe would have overseen major endeavors of the city in collaboration with the rest of the city government, including repair of streets, organization of events, and the creation of ordinances<ref>"Williamsburg-The Old Colonial Capital." (1907, July). The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 1, 16.</ref>.		From his position as alderman, George Wythe was elected mayor by the other members of the city government<ref>Leola O. Walker. (1967, Jan.). "Officials in the City Government of Colonial Williamsburg." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 75, No. 1, 36.</ref>, taking office on November 30th, 1768<ref>W. E. Hemphill. (1937). ''George Wythe the Colonial Briton''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 250.</ref>. Wythe served a single term as mayor, until November of 1769<ref>"Past Mayors & Governors." City of Williamsburg. https://www.williamsburgva.gov/573/Past-Mayors-Governors.</ref>. As mayor, Wythe would have overseen major endeavors of the city in collaboration with the rest of the city government, including repair of streets, organization of events, and the creation of ordinances<ref>"Williamsburg-The Old Colonial Capital." (1907, July). The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 1, 16.</ref>. Wythe was preceded as mayor by James Cocke, and succeeded by [[wikipedia:John Blair Jr.\|John Blair, Jr.]] in 1769.

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	Following the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the [[wikipedia:Second Continental Congress\|Second Continental Congress]] met from 1776 until 1781. The Continental Congress consisted of delegations from the Thirteen Colonies in America, united to support the American Revolution, and establish independence from Great Britain. [[George Wythe]] was an elected delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress from August 11, 1775, until January 29, 1777. Wythe participated on assigned committees, answering letters, setting policy, communicating to the Colonies, and writing reports to Congress.		Following the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the [[wikipedia:Second Continental Congress\|Second Continental Congress]] met from 1776 until 1781. The Continental Congress consisted of delegations from the Thirteen Colonies in America, united to support the American Revolution, and establish independence from Great Britain. [[George Wythe]] was an elected delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress from August 11, 1775, until January 29, 1777. Wythe participated on assigned committees, answering letters, setting policy, communicating to the Colonies, and writing reports to Congress. Wythe signed the [[Declaration of Independence]] in September, 1776.

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	Detail of George Wythe from John Trumbull's ''Declaration of Independence'' (1818). Original at the [http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/declaration-independence U.S. Capitol.]		Detail of George Wythe from John Trumbull's ''Declaration of Independence'' (1818). Original at the [http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/declaration-independence U.S. Capitol.]

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	~~ ~~		Following the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the [[wikipedia:Second Continental Congress\|Second Continental Congress]] met from 1776 until 1781. The Continental Congress consisted of delegations from the Thirteen Colonies in America, united to support the American Revolution, and establish independence from Great Britain. [[George Wythe]] was an elected delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress from August 11, 1775, until January 29, 1777. Wythe participated on assigned committees, answering letters, setting policy, communicating to the Colonies, and writing reports to Congress.

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