Difference between revisions of "Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 31 July 1801"
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+ | [[File:WytheToJefferson1801July31p1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, July 31, 1801, p. 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010372 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.'']</p>]] | ||
+ | ==Letter text== | ||
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+ | &[[George Wythe|G' Wythe]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|Th' Jefferson]] | ||
− | + | Peter Tinsley, the brother of the officer, concerning a demand against whom i took the liberty to write a [[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1801|letter]] to thee not long since, apprehends, that the letter may make some impression thy mind unfavourable to the officer, and may produce a suspicion in others of some unjustifiable conduct in captain Tinsley. this i write for the purpose of declaring that i know of no such conduct; and that i could not learn, after inquirie, where he was, and knew not to whom, | |
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly311801p2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, July 31, 1801, p. 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010372 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.'']</p>]] | [[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly311801p2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, July 31, 1801, p. 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib010372 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.'']</p>]] | ||
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+ | whom, beside thyself, i could applie for information in what manner i might hope to obtain paiment of a demand on behalf of an old servant. farewell. 31 of july, 1801. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
− | + | ==See also== | |
+ | *[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 23 June 1801]] | ||
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | [[Category:Letters from Wythe]] | ||
[[Category:PROOFED]] | [[Category:PROOFED]] |
Revision as of 23:00, 4 July 2015
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Letter text
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Peter Tinsley, the brother of the officer, concerning a demand against whom i took the liberty to write a letter to thee not long since, apprehends, that the letter may make some impression thy mind unfavourable to the officer, and may produce a suspicion in others of some unjustifiable conduct in captain Tinsley. this i write for the purpose of declaring that i know of no such conduct; and that i could not learn, after inquirie, where he was, and knew not to whom,
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whom, beside thyself, i could applie for information in what manner i might hope to obtain paiment of a demand on behalf of an old servant. farewell. 31 of july, 1801.