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− | [[File:WytheToJeffersonJune191801.jpg|right|thumb| | + | [[George Wythe]] had asked [[Thomas Jefferson]] in a previous letter to get in contact with an officer who owed money to a freed woman that lives with Wythe. Wythe lets Jefferson know that the officer's brother has paid off the debt. |
+ | [[File:WytheToJeffersonJune191801.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010196 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] | ||
+ | ==Letter text== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | [[George Wythe|G.Wythe]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|Th' Jefferson]]. | ||
− | + | I took the liberty, my dear sir, some weeks ago, to ask the favor of you to put me in the way of getting from an officer, at a distant post, some money which he owed to a freed woman living with me. his brother hath this day agreed to discharge the debt. i hope you had no trouble about it. farewell. 19 jun, 1801. | |
− | + | </blockquote> | |
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1800]] | ||
+ | *[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 23 June 1801]] | ||
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | [[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Letters and Papers]] |
+ | [[Category:Wythe's Signature]] |
Latest revision as of 09:24, 23 April 2018
George Wythe had asked Thomas Jefferson in a previous letter to get in contact with an officer who owed money to a freed woman that lives with Wythe. Wythe lets Jefferson know that the officer's brother has paid off the debt.
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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.
Letter text
G.Wythe to Th' Jefferson.
I took the liberty, my dear sir, some weeks ago, to ask the favor of you to put me in the way of getting from an officer, at a distant post, some money which he owed to a freed woman living with me. his brother hath this day agreed to discharge the debt. i hope you had no trouble about it. farewell. 19 jun, 1801.