Difference between revisions of "Wythe to Robert Carter, 17 October 1792"
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::I return to you thanks for you friendly remembrance of me, and kind attention to my welfare, and wish i had power to remunerate your beneficence by sending books to you which would do<br /> | ::I return to you thanks for you friendly remembrance of me, and kind attention to my welfare, and wish i had power to remunerate your beneficence by sending books to you which would do<br /> | ||
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to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawson ought in your opinion to do to me. <br /> | to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawson ought in your opinion to do to me. <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 13:22, 23 July 2024
George Wythe writes to Robert Carter from Richmond thanking him for his kindness in sending a gift of books. Wythe expresses the wish that he could respond in kind.[1]
Letter text
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Dear Sir,
- I return to you thanks for you friendly remembrance of me, and kind attention to my welfare, and wish i had power to remunerate your beneficence by sending books to you which would do
- to
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to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawson ought in your opinion to do to me.
- G. Wythe
- Richmond, 17th of
- October, 1792
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Hon Robert Carter
- Nomony-hall.
See also
References
- ↑ George Wythe to Robert Carter, October 17, 1782, Library & Archives, Maine Historical Society.
