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On June 8th, 1806, George Wythe died from what most historians believe to be arsenic poisoning engineered by his great-nephew, George Wythe Sweeney.

In a letter to General John Preston, William Munford discussed his belief that George Wythe had been poisoned by his great-nephew for monetary gain.

==William Munford to General John Preston, 1806==
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school have would be conducive to her improvement.
Farther P.S.
The good'old Chancellor is dead. He departed this
life on Sunday the 8th of this month, and, horrible to tell,
his great-nephew George W. Sweney is generally be-
-lieved to have poisoned him; and with too much pro-
-bability of its being true. That monster of ingrati-
-tude and baseness had been guilty of forging checks
on the Bank in the old Gentleman's name, and
was detected in the commission of that crime a day

Gen<sup>l</sup>. John Preston,

By Post to
Chistianburg,
Montgomery
Court-house

Horse-shoe,
Montgomery County,
Virginia

M<sup>r</sup> Milford
	1806

or two after M<sup>r</sup>. Wythe was taken sick. It appears
that to hide his inequity, and get possession of his Un-
-cle's property, the greater part of which was bequeathed
to him in a Will, which he, unluckily, had examined,
he was guilty of the horrid act of mixing Arsenic with
his Coffee at breakfast. A little Negro Boy, who
partook of it, also died.
On Saturday last, the Executive appointed _reed
Taylor his Successor, who, I hope will be confirmed
by the Legislature.

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