Difference between revisions of "Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794"
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+ | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008433 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] | ||
+ | ==Letter text== | ||
===Page 1=== | ===Page 1=== | ||
− | [[ | + | <blockquote> |
+ | [[George Wythe|GW]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|TJ]] salutem mittet - | ||
− | + | An apt beginning to a letter containing a prescription. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | Put on sheeps clothing. it will cure rheumatic pains, is comfortable in winter, after one summer not unpleasant in that season, less | |
+ | </blockquote> | ||
===Page 2=== | ===Page 2=== | ||
− | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p2.jpg|right|thumb| | + | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008433 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] |
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | less unpleasant than linen in all seasons when we perspire freely probatum est. | ||
− | + | You send [[Lud. Kusterus de Vero Usu Verborum Mediorum Eorumque Differentia a Verbis Activis & Passivis|Kuster]] for my perusal. i can peruse nothing but court papers. this employment by habit is become delectable, in it i regret only that i cannot participate in the elegant entertainment | |
− | + | </blockquote> | |
===Page 3=== | ===Page 3=== | ||
− | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p3.jpg|right|thumb| | + | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p3.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794, pg 3." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008433 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] |
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | entertainment to which Monticello invites. i return the book, supposing you to possess but one copy, best by detaining it i should deprive you of a pleasure i am forbidden to enjoy; which, with Aesops leave, would be more than brutish. | ||
− | + | Since i can not taste of your figs at your house | |
− | + | </blockquote> | |
===Page 4=== | ===Page 4=== | ||
− | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p4.jpg|right|thumb| | + | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p4.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794, pg 4." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008433 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] |
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | house, send me some cuttings that i may endeavour to treat you with their fruit, when you come to my house. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1 of november. 1794. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
− | + | ==See also== | |
− | + | *''[[Lud. Kusterus de Vero Usu Verborum Mediorum Eorumque Differentia a Verbis Activis & Passivis]]'' | |
+ | *[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 24 October 1794]] | ||
+ | *[[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1795]] | ||
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | [[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | ||
[[Category:PROOFED]] | [[Category:PROOFED]] |
Revision as of 21:23, 4 July 2015
Letter text
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An apt beginning to a letter containing a prescription.
Put on sheeps clothing. it will cure rheumatic pains, is comfortable in winter, after one summer not unpleasant in that season, less
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less unpleasant than linen in all seasons when we perspire freely probatum est.
You send Kuster for my perusal. i can peruse nothing but court papers. this employment by habit is become delectable, in it i regret only that i cannot participate in the elegant entertainment
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entertainment to which Monticello invites. i return the book, supposing you to possess but one copy, best by detaining it i should deprive you of a pleasure i am forbidden to enjoy; which, with Aesops leave, would be more than brutish.
Since i can not taste of your figs at your house
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house, send me some cuttings that i may endeavour to treat you with their fruit, when you come to my house.
1 of november. 1794.