1776 Americana: A Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Documents Relating to the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War
1776 Americana: A Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Documents Relating to the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War (Philadelphia: Rosenbach Company, 1926), 95.[1]
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EXTREMELY EARLY LETTER OF WYTHE, SIGNER
FROM VIRGINIA230 WYTHE, GEORGE. Signer from Virginia. A. L. S. To Daniel Parke Custis, New Kent. Williamsburg, April 10, 1754. 1 page, folio. With address. $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.
VIRGINIA SIGNER ON THE SUBJECT OF A RUN-
AWAY SLAVE231 WYTHE, GEORGE. Signer from Virginia. A. L. S. To Robert Carter. June 11, 1771.[2] With address. 1 page, folio. $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 1. . . . Perhaps you may hear of the fellow in Maryland, whither, it seems, he fled, and reclaim him for the benefit of the estate. . . . "
References
- ↑ Rosenbach Company, 1776 Americana: A Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Documents Relating to the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War (Philadelphia: Rosenbach Company, 1926), 95.
- ↑ 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.
