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Colonial Williamsburg Journal

Title Murder by Namesake--The Poisoning of the Eminent George Wythe
Issue Volume 35, Number 01, (CWJ, Winter 2013)
Description Recounting of the grim and irrefutable facts proves that George Wythe was murdered in Richmond by his great-nephew George Wythe Swinney, who got off scot-free. Direct records of the case lost to fire, the Hustings Court records are the only official documents left of Swinney's trial for murder.
Author Theobald, Mary Miley
Pages 24-30
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