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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Wayles Eppes (1772–1823)
Biographical Information
- James Henry Bailey, "John Wayles Eppes, Planter and Politician" (Master's thesis, University of Virginia, 1942).
- John Cook Wyllie, ed., Thomas Jefferson's Prayer Book (1952), plate ix, with birth date of April 1772 and date of first marriage; variant birth date of April 9, 1773, derived from gravestone (died on September 15, 1823, "aged 50 years 5 months and 6 days"), but Eppes is mentioned by name in codicil, February 12, 1773, to grandfather's will (Charles City Co. Records, Deeds, and Wills [1766–1774], 462).
- John Frederick Dorman, Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia (Epes-Eppes-Epps) (1992– ), 2:397–399, 403–407.
- Marriage reported in Richmond Enquirer, April 25, 1809.
- Will in Hubard Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Estate division in Cumberland Co. Deed Book, 29:354–362.
- Ellen G. Miles, Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (1994), 298 (portrait).
Eppes Correspondence
- John Wayles Eppes Letters, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
- Carr-Cary Family Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Eppes Family Papers (1775–1928), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Thomas Jefferson Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass., with first and third quotations in Eppes to Jefferson, February 14, 1818.
- Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- James Madison Papers, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- James Monroe Papers, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- Eppes correspondence printed in part in:
- Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (1950– ), with second quotation in Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, June 8, 1797, 29:424.
- Jefferson Looney et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series (2004– ).
- Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (1984– ).
Obituaries
- Richmond Enquirer, September 19, 1823
- Washington Daily National Intelligencer, September 20, 1823 ("aged about 50 years" with death erroneously "At his seat in Chesterfield county").
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