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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.''</p>]]
As a chancellor for the [[Wikipedia: Virginia Court of Chancery| Virginia High Court of Chancery]], [[George Wythe]] asks Chief Justice [[Wikipedia: James Mercer (jurist)| James Mercer]] and the other judges of the General Court for their opinion on a law for a case that is before the High Court.
==Letter text==
=== Page 1 ===
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Hon James Mercer, chief justice, <br />
and other judges of the general court 
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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9#/?uuid=bac0a75c-26ba-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.''</p>]]
=== Page 2 ===
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Gentlemen, 

desiring to know your opinion upon a point of law in a case depending before the high court of chancery, i have stated the question for that purpose, and directed the clerk of that court to wait on you with it. i am, with undissembled veneration, 

gentlemen, 

your obedient humble servant <br />
[[George Wythe|G. Wythe]].  <br />
June, 1789. 

(a) Adams against Currie, with the papers in which mr Tinsley will attend if he be required. 
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