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==Letter text==
 
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[[File: WythetoVirginiaDelegates4june1777p1.jpg |right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 1." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
 
[[File: WythetoVirginiaDelegates4june1777p1.jpg |right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 1." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
Gentlemen, <br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have the honour to send you the inclosed appointment of you to represent the common wealth as delegates in the congress of the united states, and am, <br />
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Gentlemen,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gentlemen, <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your obedient Servant, <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G. Wythe.<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Williamsburg.<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 June 1777.<br />
 
  
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I have the honour to send you the inclosed appointment of you to represent the common wealth as delegates in the congress of the united states, and am,
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Gentlemen,<br />
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Your obedient Servant,<br />
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[[George Wythe|G. Wythe]].<br />
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Williamsburg.<br />
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4 June 1777.<br />
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</blockquote>
 
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[[File: WythetoVirginiaDelegates4june1777p2.jpg |right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 2." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
 
[[File: WythetoVirginiaDelegates4june1777p2.jpg |right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 2." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
The hon. the Delegates of Virginia<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in the Congress of the united States<br />
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The hon. the Delegates of Virginia
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in the Congress of the united States
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Philadelphia.
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</blockquote>
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philadelphia.<br />
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==See also==
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*[[Wythe & Archibald Cary to Virginia Delegates, 23 May 1777]]
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*[[Wythe and Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June 1779]]
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*[[Wythe to Benjamin Harrison, 24 June 1783]]
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*[[Wythe to Benjamin Harrison, 24 June 1783]]
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*[[Wythe & the Inhabitants of Williamsburg, VA to Benjamin Harrison, July 1783]]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:00, 3 July 2015

Letter text

Page 1

"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 1." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Gentlemen,

I have the honour to send you the inclosed appointment of you to represent the common wealth as delegates in the congress of the united states, and am,

Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
G. Wythe.
Williamsburg.
4 June 1777.

Page 2

"Wythe to Virginia Delegates, 4 June 1777, pg 2." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

The hon. the Delegates of Virginia

in the Congress of the united States

Philadelphia.

See also