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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I thank you for the “rights of man” which you sent to me. When you have leisure, i beg the favour of you to employ Mr. Scott, or some other good hand, to make a seal to our court of chancery. The diameter of it i would  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I thank you for the 'rights of man', which you sent to me. when you have leisure, i beg the favour of you to employ mr Scott, or some other good hand, to make a seal to our court of chancery. the diameter of it i would  
  
 
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJune151792p2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006303 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
 
[[File:WytheToJeffersonJune151792p2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006303 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
  
would not have more than that of a dollar i send the design by Mr. West. Put any part of it, or any thing else of which you more approve, on the seal. The assembly have given twenty five pounds for the work, which shall be paid on sight of  
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would not have more than that of a dollar. i send the design by mr West. put any part of it, or any thing else of which you more approve, on the seal. the assembly have given twenty five pounds for the work, which shall be paid on sight of  
  
 
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJune151792p3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 3." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006303 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
 
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Of the performer’s order. i am your grateful friend, and cordial well-wisher
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of the performer’s order. i am your grateful friend, and cordial well-wisher.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:35, 17 September 2014

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 1." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

G.W. to T.J.
    I thank you for the 'rights of man', which you sent to me. when you have leisure, i beg the favour of you to employ mr Scott, or some other good hand, to make a seal to our court of chancery. the diameter of it i would

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 2." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

would not have more than that of a dollar. i send the design by mr West. put any part of it, or any thing else of which you more approve, on the seal. the assembly have given twenty five pounds for the work, which shall be paid on sight of

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 3." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

of the performer’s order. i am your grateful friend, and cordial well-wisher.

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1792, pg 4." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.


Mr Jefferson