Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1794

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GW to TJ salutem mittet -
    An apt beginning to a letter containing a prescription.
    Put on sheeps clothing. it will cure rheumatic pains, is comfortable in winter, after one summer not unpleasant in that season, less

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less unpleasant than linen in all seasons when we perspire freely probatum est.
    You send Kuster for my perusal. i can peruse nothing but court papers. this employment by habit is become delectable, in it i regret only that i cannot participate in the elegant entertainment

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entertainment to which Monticello invites. i return the book, supposing you to possess but one copy, best by detaining it i should deprive you of a pleasure i am forbidden to enjoy; which, with Aesops leave, would be more than brutish.
    Since i can not taste of your figs at your house

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house, send me some cuttings that i may endeavour to treat you with their fruit, when you come to my house.
    1 of november. 1794.