Difference between revisions of "Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794"
(→Page 4) |
|||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
[[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<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>]] | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<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>]] | ||
− | GW to TJ salutem | + | GW to TJ salutem mittet -<br /> |
An apt beginning to a letter containing a prescription. <br /> | An apt beginning to a letter containing a prescription. <br /> | ||
− | Put on sheeps clothing. | + | Put on sheeps clothing. it will cure rheumatic pains, is comfortable in winter, after one summer not unpleasant in that season, less<br /> |
===Page 2=== | ===Page 2=== | ||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
less unpleasant than linen in all seasons when we perspire freely probatum est. <br /> | less unpleasant than linen in all seasons when we perspire freely probatum est. <br /> | ||
− | You send Kuster for my perusal. i can peruse nothing but court papers. | + | 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 <br /> |
===Page 3=== | ===Page 3=== | ||
[[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<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>]] | [[File:WytheToJeffersonNovember11794p3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<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>]] | ||
− | entertainment to which Monticello invites. i return the book, supposing you to possess but one copy, best by | + | 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. <br /> |
− | Since i can not | + | Since i can not taste of your figs at your house<br /> |
===Page 4=== | ===Page 4=== | ||
Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
house, send me some cuttings that i may endeavour to treat you with their fruit, when you come to my house. <br /> | house, send me some cuttings that i may endeavour to treat you with their fruit, when you come to my house. <br /> | ||
− | 1 of | + | 1 of november. 1794. <br /> |
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | [[Category:Letters from Wythe]] |
Revision as of 11:40, 23 September 2014
Page 1
GW to 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
Page 2
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
Page 3
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
Page 4
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.