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Hon James Mercer, chief justice, <br />
 
Hon James Mercer, chief justice, <br />
And other judges of the general court <br />
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and other judges of the general court <br />
  
 
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Gentlemen,  
 
Gentlemen,  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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, <br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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, <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gentlemen, <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gentlemen, <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your obedient humble servant <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your obedient humble servant <br />
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"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.

Hon James Mercer, chief justice,
and other judges of the general court

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"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.

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
               G. Wythe.
               June, 1789.
(a) Adams against Currie, with the papers in which mr Tinsley will attend if he be required.