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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly241792p1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006402 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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==Letter text==
 
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly241792p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006402 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[George Wythe|G. Wythe]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|mr Jefferson]]
  
G. Wythe to mr Jefferson<br />
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I wish, my dear sir, to refer the whole business of the seal to your judgment; and if the cost exceed the general assembly’s allowance so much as twenty pounds, will advance the money, although they may refuse to reimburse it. My best wishes ever attend you and your connections. Richmond, 24th of july, 1792.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I wish, my dear sir, to refer the whole business of the seal to your judgment; and if the cost exceed the general assembly’s allowance so much as twenty pounds, will advance the money, although they may refuse to reimburse it. My best wishes ever attend you and your connections. Richmond, 24th of july, 1792. <br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A seal of a small size seems <br />
 
  
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A seal of a small size seems
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly241792p2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006402 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly241792p2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib006402 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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seems most convenient, but i know not the fit size to admit a proper exhibition of the figures.
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seems most convenient, but i know not the fit size to admit a proper exhibition of the figures.
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==See also==
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 July 1792]]
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*[[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1792]]
  
 
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]]
 
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]]
 
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Revision as of 20:23, 4 July 2015

"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 1." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

Letter text

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G. Wythe to mr Jefferson

I wish, my dear sir, to refer the whole business of the seal to your judgment; and if the cost exceed the general assembly’s allowance so much as twenty pounds, will advance the money, although they may refuse to reimburse it. My best wishes ever attend you and your connections. Richmond, 24th of july, 1792.

A seal of a small size seems

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1792, pg 2." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

seems most convenient, but i know not the fit size to admit a proper exhibition of the figures.

See also