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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.''</p>]]
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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9#/?uuid=bac0a75c-26ba-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.''</p>]]
 
As a chancellor for the [[Wikipedia: Virginia Court of Chancery| Virginia High Court of Chancery]], [[George Wythe]] asks Chief Justice [[Wikipedia: James Mercer (jurist)| James Mercer]] and the other judges of the General Court for their opinion on a law for a case that is before the High Court.
 
As a chancellor for the [[Wikipedia: Virginia Court of Chancery| Virginia High Court of Chancery]], [[George Wythe]] asks Chief Justice [[Wikipedia: James Mercer (jurist)| James Mercer]] and the other judges of the General Court for their opinion on a law for a case that is before the High Court.
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==Letter text==
 
==Letter text==
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Hon James Mercer, chief justice, <br />
 
and other judges of the general court
 
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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9#/?uuid=bac0a75c-26ba-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.''</p>]]
 
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Gentlemen,  
 
Gentlemen,  
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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,  
 
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,  
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your obedient humble servant <br />
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::your obedient humble servant
[[George Wythe|G. Wythe]]. <br />
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:::[[George Wythe|G. Wythe]].
June, 1789.  
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(a) Adams against Currie, with the papers in which mr Tinsley will attend if he be required.  
 
(a) Adams against Currie, with the papers in which mr Tinsley will attend if he be required.  
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[[File:WythetoJamesMercerp1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Wythe To James Mercer, June 1789." Image from the [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bac0a75c-26bb-b981-e040-e00a18067fd9 New York Public Library: Archives & Manuscripts,] ''The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Virginia.'']]
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Hon James Mercer, chief justice,<br />
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and other judges of the general court
 
</blockquote>
 
</blockquote>
  

Latest revision as of 14:23, 11 February 2025

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

As a chancellor for the Virginia High Court of Chancery, George Wythe asks Chief Justice James Mercer and the other judges of the General Court for their opinion on a law for a case that is before the High Court.

Letter text

Page 1

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.

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

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