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Nov. 19, 1775: A general order by the commander of Virginia troops reminds them to avoid offending the people of Williamsburg, where they are camped. "The officers and soldiers remember that their profession is to defend and protect the citizens American interest."
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nov. 19, 1775: A general order by the commander of Virginia troops reminds them to avoid offending the people of Williamsburg, where they are camped. "The officers and soldiers remember that their profession is to defend and protect the citizens American interest."
Episode 6 of @whropublicmedia.bsky.social's 'Revolution 250: Stories From The First Shore' is "George Wythe: A Philosophical Foundation," the life, legacy, and untold tragedy of Founding Father and mentor George Wythe: www.pbs.org/video/george... #WytheWednesday #America250 #VA250
Revolution 250: Stories From The First Shore | George Wythe: A Philosophical Foundation | Episode 6
The life, legacy, and untold tragedy of Founding Father and mentor George Wythe.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Episode 6 of @whropublicmedia.bsky.social's 'Revolution 250: Stories From The First Shore' is "George Wythe: A Philosophical Foundation," the life, legacy, and untold tragedy of Founding Father and mentor George Wythe: www.pbs.org/video/george... #WytheWednesday #America250 #VA250
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From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
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Just wrapped up the 17th Criminal Justice Roundtable hosted by Chris Slobogin at Vanderbilt Law School w/ @rachelbarkow.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
@joeljohnson13.bsky.social @profrgold.bsky.social @meganstevenson.bsky.social and others not on Bsky
@joeljohnson13.bsky.social @profrgold.bsky.social @meganstevenson.bsky.social and others not on Bsky
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just wrapped up the 17th Criminal Justice Roundtable hosted by Chris Slobogin at Vanderbilt Law School w/ @rachelbarkow.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
@joeljohnson13.bsky.social @profrgold.bsky.social @meganstevenson.bsky.social and others not on Bsky
@joeljohnson13.bsky.social @profrgold.bsky.social @meganstevenson.bsky.social and others not on Bsky
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Nov. 16, 1775: Seeking to police its behavior, the Continental Congress resolves that "for the future, no member absent himself from Congress without leave of Congress." Another resolution requires that a member remain seated "whilst any paper is reading or motion putting."
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nov. 16, 1775: Seeking to police its behavior, the Continental Congress resolves that "for the future, no member absent himself from Congress without leave of Congress." Another resolution requires that a member remain seated "whilst any paper is reading or motion putting."
Our George Wythe Room opened 10 years ago this week, on November 13, 2015. The space for a re-creation of Wythe's library was custom-built in what was previously the library's "Self Help" room: www.flickr.com/photos/wolfl... #WytheWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our George Wythe Room opened 10 years ago this week, on November 13, 2015. The space for a re-creation of Wythe's library was custom-built in what was previously the library's "Self Help" room: www.flickr.com/photos/wolfl... #WytheWednesday
Lots of pictures of the Aurora Borealis over Virginia last night, at @wavynews10.bsky.social: join.megaphonetv.com?env=live&m=8...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lots of pictures of the Aurora Borealis over Virginia last night, at @wavynews10.bsky.social: join.megaphonetv.com?env=live&m=8...
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Hey this is today. 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hey this is today. 😊
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Power demand is rising in Virginia. At the same time, energy costs are increasing and the state faces pressure to rely more on renewable sources.
To help address these challenges, William & Mary Law School has launched a new Center for Energy Law & Policy.
To help address these challenges, William & Mary Law School has launched a new Center for Energy Law & Policy.
William & Mary launches policy center to dive into power, data centers and Virginia's energy future
The law school hopes the new Center for Energy Law & Policy will be a hub for addressing growing energy issues.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Power demand is rising in Virginia. At the same time, energy costs are increasing and the state faces pressure to rely more on renewable sources.
To help address these challenges, William & Mary Law School has launched a new Center for Energy Law & Policy.
To help address these challenges, William & Mary Law School has launched a new Center for Energy Law & Policy.
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Nov. 9, 1775: Members of the Continental Congress reinforce their strict rule of secrecy, under which they won’t reveal any matter being debated or resolved without a vote to do so. A vow is signed by 87 delegates bound by “ties of virtue, honor and love of his Country,” under pain of expulsion. 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Nov. 9, 1775: Members of the Continental Congress reinforce their strict rule of secrecy, under which they won’t reveal any matter being debated or resolved without a vote to do so. A vow is signed by 87 delegates bound by “ties of virtue, honor and love of his Country,” under pain of expulsion. 1/2
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It's United Novelty Co. v. Daniels day in Torts! Grateful to my former students who gave me the perfect shirt for teaching it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's United Novelty Co. v. Daniels day in Torts! Grateful to my former students who gave me the perfect shirt for teaching it.
The library's newest acquisition for George Wythe's Library: a six-volume, 1750 set of Homer's 'Iliad,' translated by Alexander Pope, in contemporary binding. Wythe's copy of v.1 (with his bookplate) survives at the Jefferson Library at Monticello: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Il... #WytheWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The library's newest acquisition for George Wythe's Library: a six-volume, 1750 set of Homer's 'Iliad,' translated by Alexander Pope, in contemporary binding. Wythe's copy of v.1 (with his bookplate) survives at the Jefferson Library at Monticello: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Il... #WytheWednesday
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Oct. 27, 1775: American troops fight off a British invasion of Hampton, Va. The encounter that comes to be called the Battle of Hampton marks the first combat of the Revolutionary War south of New England and provides a further morale boost for the patriot cause. 1/9
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Oct. 27, 1775: American troops fight off a British invasion of Hampton, Va. The encounter that comes to be called the Battle of Hampton marks the first combat of the Revolutionary War south of New England and provides a further morale boost for the patriot cause. 1/9
Halloweenies! It's time for the Law Library's annual Halloween Cookout: Friday, October 31st. Free hot dogs (and veggie dogs for those so inclined) and soft drinks, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (or while 'dogs last!) on the law school patio!
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Halloweenies! It's time for the Law Library's annual Halloween Cookout: Friday, October 31st. Free hot dogs (and veggie dogs for those so inclined) and soft drinks, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (or while 'dogs last!) on the law school patio!
#OTD in 1775, Peyton Randolph died suddenly in Philadelphia, while representing Virginia at the Second Continental Congress.
In late November, George Wythe was elected to replace Randolph at Virginia's Fourth Convention: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Vi...
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In late November, George Wythe was elected to replace Randolph at Virginia's Fourth Convention: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Vi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#OTD in 1775, Peyton Randolph died suddenly in Philadelphia, while representing Virginia at the Second Continental Congress.
In late November, George Wythe was elected to replace Randolph at Virginia's Fourth Convention: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Vi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
In late November, George Wythe was elected to replace Randolph at Virginia's Fourth Convention: wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/Vi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
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Oct. 22, 1775: Peyton Randolph, a Founding Father who served as first president of the Continental Congress, dies at 54 in Philadelphia. The wealthy plantation owner is stricken by apoplexy while dining with fellow Virginia member Thomas Jefferson. 1/3
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Oct. 22, 1775: Peyton Randolph, a Founding Father who served as first president of the Continental Congress, dies at 54 in Philadelphia. The wealthy plantation owner is stricken by apoplexy while dining with fellow Virginia member Thomas Jefferson. 1/3
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Reference Desk, Technical Services, Circulation Desk
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Reference Desk, Technical Services, Circulation Desk
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🗃️🙌 #BookSquad pride! so enjoying @kawulf.bsky.social’s @mhs1791.bsky.social @americanancestors.bsky.social chat with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
about her #Lineage research, esp this #archives moment in the reading room where it happened… www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
about her #Lineage research, esp this #archives moment in the reading room where it happened… www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
This Long-Ignored Document, Written by George Washington, Lays Bare the Legal Power of Genealogy
In Washington’s Virginia, family was a crucial determinant of social and economic status, and freedom
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October 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🗃️🙌 #BookSquad pride! so enjoying @kawulf.bsky.social’s @mhs1791.bsky.social @americanancestors.bsky.social chat with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
about her #Lineage research, esp this #archives moment in the reading room where it happened… www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
about her #Lineage research, esp this #archives moment in the reading room where it happened… www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
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Oct. 15, 1775: Edmund Pendleton, the president of the Virginia Safety Committee, reports that the colony has raised and outfitted nine companies of militia. "Lord Dunmore,” he writes, referring to the royal governor, "is much afraid of the rifleman, and has all his vessels caulked up on the sides."
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oct. 15, 1775: Edmund Pendleton, the president of the Virginia Safety Committee, reports that the colony has raised and outfitted nine companies of militia. "Lord Dunmore,” he writes, referring to the royal governor, "is much afraid of the rifleman, and has all his vessels caulked up on the sides."
Wythepedia Investigates: The Case of George Wythe's Cufflinks. 🔎 Is there a pair of cufflinks which belonged to a Founding Father in a secret drawer in the W&M President's house? Did George Wythe wear shirts with French cuffs? Stay tuned! digital.libraries.wm.edu/node/347859 #WytheWednesday
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wythepedia Investigates: The Case of George Wythe's Cufflinks. 🔎 Is there a pair of cufflinks which belonged to a Founding Father in a secret drawer in the W&M President's house? Did George Wythe wear shirts with French cuffs? Stay tuned! digital.libraries.wm.edu/node/347859 #WytheWednesday
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When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic
By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…
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October 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
#OTD in 1922, there appeared in the Richmond 'Times-Dispatch' an "Intimate Pen Picture of George Wythe," regretting 'that those who were qualified to produce a complete biography of this learned man and noble character have long since passed away.' wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/In... #WytheWednesday
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#OTD in 1922, there appeared in the Richmond 'Times-Dispatch' an "Intimate Pen Picture of George Wythe," regretting 'that those who were qualified to produce a complete biography of this learned man and noble character have long since passed away.' wythepedia.wm.edu/index.php/In... #WytheWednesday
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RIP Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
RIP Jane Goodall
This handsome fellow is John Blair, Jr. (1732–1800). Blair was one of six justices appointed by George Washington to the first U.S. Supreme Court in 1789. He served alongside George Wythe as a judge for Virginia's High Court of Chancery from 1780–1788: www.oyez.org/justices/joh... #WytheWednesday
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This handsome fellow is John Blair, Jr. (1732–1800). Blair was one of six justices appointed by George Washington to the first U.S. Supreme Court in 1789. He served alongside George Wythe as a judge for Virginia's High Court of Chancery from 1780–1788: www.oyez.org/justices/joh... #WytheWednesday
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Oct. 1, 1775: Virginia’s youngest delegate to the Continental Congress, 32-year-old Thomas Jefferson, returns to Philadelphia for the latest session. He boards with cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph in a house on Chestnut Street.
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oct. 1, 1775: Virginia’s youngest delegate to the Continental Congress, 32-year-old Thomas Jefferson, returns to Philadelphia for the latest session. He boards with cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph in a house on Chestnut Street.