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Sources consulted for the biography of:Westel Willoughby (1830–1897)
Primary Sources
- Genealogical notes with birth and marriage dates, newspaper clippings, commission as Supreme Court of Appeals judge, and one Westel Willoughby letter in William F. Willoughby Papers, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
- Self-reported birth date and place in passport application, July 19, 1889, General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Willoughby's alumnus file, Hamilton College Archives, Clinton, N.Y.
- Will dated December 24, 1895, Washington, D.C., Register of Wills.
- Death date in Washington, D.C., death records index, Department of Health, Washington, D.C.
Secondary Sources
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York For the Year 1903 (1904): 1024.
- Anthony J. Gaughan, The Last Battle of the Civil War: United States versus Lee, 1861–1883 (2011).
Judicial Career
- Stafford County Circuit Court Minute Book (1865–1910), p. 53.
- Supreme Court of Appeals Order Book (Richmond Session), 22:59, Accession 31022, Library of Virginia.
- Willoughby's published opinions in (19 Grattan) Virginia Reports, 60:547–555 (A. C. Smith v. R. P. Smith, 1869), 581–591 (Griffin's executor v. Cunningham, 1870), 600–624 (Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad Company v. Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company et al., 1870), 630–634 (Wright v. Commonwealth, 1870), 642–652 (Whitehead v. Commonwealth, 1870), and 654–655 (Shelly v. Commonwealth, 1870).
- Legal brief by Lucius E. Chittenden and Willoughby in Bennett v. Hunter (1870) (9 Wallace), United States Reports, 76:330–332.
- Legal brief by Willoughby and Lunsford Lomax Lewis in George W. C. Lee v. Frederick Kaufman, R. P. Strong, et al. (1879), in Robert W. Hughes, ed., Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fourth Circuit (1877–1883), 3:43–102.
Newspapers
- New York Times, July 25, 1854.
- Alexandria Gazette, July 6, 1864; August 16, 1867; May 2, 1868; May 10, 1870; March 11, 1871; May 23, 1873; January 17, 1876; November 1, 1884.
- New York Revolution, May 19, 1870.
- Washington Post, August 12, 1881.
- Washington, D.C., Evening Star, September 18, 1889; October 3, 1890.
Obituaries
- Alexandria Gazette, December 23, 1897 (variant report of death on "Wednesday night," i.e., December 22, 1897).
- Washington Post, December 23, 1897; December 24, 1897 (account of funeral).
- Hamilton Literary Monthly 32 (1898): 236.
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