Difference between revisions of "Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801"
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+ | [[George Wythe]] had asked [[Thomas Jefferson]] in a previous letter to get in contact with an officer who owed money to a freed woman that lives with Wythe. Wythe lets Jefferson know that the officer's brother has paid off the debt. | ||
[[File:WytheToJeffersonJune191801.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010196 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] | [[File:WytheToJeffersonJune191801.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010196 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]] | ||
==Letter text== | ==Letter text== |
Revision as of 13:30, 15 August 2017
George Wythe had asked Thomas Jefferson in a previous letter to get in contact with an officer who owed money to a freed woman that lives with Wythe. Wythe lets Jefferson know that the officer's brother has paid off the debt.
Letter text
G.Wythe to Th’ Jefferson.
I took the libery, my dear sir, some weeks ago, to ask the favor of you to put me in the way of getting from an officer, at a distant post, some money which he owed to a freed woman living with me. his brother hath this day agreed to discharge the debt. i hope you had no trouble about it. farewell. 19 jun, 1801.