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WYTHE, GEORGE. Signer from Virginia. A. L. S. To Daniel Parke Custis, New Kent. Williamsburg, April 10, 1754. 1 page, folio. With address.<div align="right">$385.00</div> | WYTHE, GEORGE. Signer from Virginia. A. L. S. To Daniel Parke Custis, New Kent. Williamsburg, April 10, 1754. 1 page, folio. With address.<div align="right">$385.00</div> | ||
| − | In a letter on legal matters to a relative of Martha Washington, Wythe, the Virginia Signer, mentions another of her family, Mr. Dandridge. | + | <span style="font-size: 85%;">In a letter on legal matters to a relative of Martha Washington, Wythe, the Virginia Signer, mentions another of her family, Mr. Dandridge.</span> |
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page, Lot #30154," [http://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/george-wythe-rare-autograph-letter-signed-g-wythe-one-page-95-x-15-williamsburg-virginia-june-11-1771-add/a/675-30154.s Heritage Auctions,] October 25, 2007.</ref> With address. 1 page, folio.<div align="right">$675.00</div> | page, Lot #30154," [http://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/george-wythe-rare-autograph-letter-signed-g-wythe-one-page-95-x-15-williamsburg-virginia-june-11-1771-add/a/675-30154.s Heritage Auctions,] October 25, 2007.</ref> With address. 1 page, folio.<div align="right">$675.00</div> | ||
| − | Refers to a run-away slave. " . . . we agreed to refer the affair of his slave, Moses Flood, to the arbitrament of Mr. Treasurer and Mr. Blair, who value the man to 100 l. . . . Perhaps you may hear of | + | <span style="font-size: 85%;">Refers to a run-away slave. " . . . we agreed to refer the affair of his slave, Moses Flood, to the arbitrament of Mr. Treasurer and Mr. Blair, who value the man to 100 l. . . . Perhaps you may hear of |
| − | the fellow in Maryland, whither, it seems, he fled, and reclaim him for the benefit of the estate. . . . " | + | the fellow in Maryland, whither, it seems, he fled, and reclaim him for the benefit of the estate. . . . "</span> |
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Revision as of 15:25, 9 March 2016
A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876 – 1952) was a scholar, collector, and dealer in rare books and manuscripts in Philadelphia, Pennsyvlvania. A catalog produced by the Rosenbach Company in 1926 lists two letters by George Wythe for sale,[1] one of which is the earliest known letter (1754) written by Wythe.[2]
Document text, 1926
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FROM VIRGINIA $385.00
In a letter on legal matters to a relative of Martha Washington, Wythe, the Virginia Signer, mentions another of her family, Mr. Dandridge. |
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AWAY SLAVE $675.00
Refers to a run-away slave. " . . . we agreed to refer the affair of his slave, Moses Flood, to the arbitrament of Mr. Treasurer and Mr. Blair, who value the man to 100 l. . . . Perhaps you may hear of the fellow in Maryland, whither, it seems, he fled, and reclaim him for the benefit of the estate. . . . " |
References
- ↑ 1776 Americana: A Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Documents Relating to the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War (Philadelphia: Rosenbach Company, 1926), 95.
- ↑ William Edwin Hemphill, "George Wythe the Colonial Briton: A Biographical Study of the Pre-Revolutionary Era in Virginia," PhD diss., University of Virginia, 1937, 56.
- ↑ This letter was sold at auction again, in 2007: "George Wythe Rare Autograph Letter Signed 'G. Wythe,' one page, Lot #30154," Heritage Auctions, October 25, 2007.
