User:Gwsweeney

Hi. I was accused of murdering my uncle and namesake, George Wythe, but I was totally acquitted! Cowabunga!

My Sandbox page.

I am currently working on:

• Reporting on Wythe's death in 1806 (Richmond Enquirer and Virginia Argus)
• Biographical articles from period encyclopedias
• The Wythe Tablet and Wythe gravesite monument
• Proceedings from the Virginia State Bar Association and Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution regarding the above
• Wythe signatures and bookplates
• Scanning title pages for books in the Wythe Collection

New pages

6 February 2026

• 16:5816:58, 6 February 2026 Ewell vs. The Commonwealth: A Bill (hist | edit) [6,407 bytes] Gwsweeney (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:Ewell vs. The Commonwealth—A Bill}} thumb|right|350px|Please include a captioned image with source, if possible. The ''Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts'' (1875-1893) records a bill from Virginia's High Court of Chancery, in the case of ''Ewell v. Commonwealth'' (1794). The document states John Marshall winning for the complaintant, and contains the decision of Chancellor ...")

15 January 2026

• 14:4514:45, 15 January 2026 Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 30 July 1776 (hist | edit) [6,992 bytes] Gwsweeney (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|right|350px|Page one of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Page, July 30, 1776. Image from [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6210506 Christie's auction,] 2019. Introduction and summary.<ref>Please footnote sources.</ref> ==Letter text, 30 July 1776== ===Page 1=== <blockquote> Dear Page On receipt of your letter we enquired into the probability of getting your seal done here. We find a drawer and an engra...") originally created as "Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 30 July, 1776"

8 January 2026

• 16:2216:22, 8 January 2026 Orders of Virginia Assembly of Dec. 8, 1769 (hist | edit) [8,871 bytes] Gwsweeney (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|right|350px|Please include a captioned image with source, if possible. Introduction and summary.<ref>Please footnote sources.</ref> ==Article text, 4 July 1776== ===Page 373=== <blockquote> ORDERS OF VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY OF DEC. 8, 1769. [As seen below these "orders" were sent to George Wythe by Jacob Bruce. There is no date on the letter, which was found in the correspondence of James Duane. For this material the Asso...")

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