Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 18 April 1795
Thomas Jefferson thanks George Wythe for the law book he sent and tells Wythe that his collection of the acts of the general assembly are not currently organized. He says once he has organized them he will send them to be bound in Richmond to make it easier to consult them in the future. He says he has become working too much which has caused him to become behind on his writing.
"Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 18 April 1795." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.
Letter text
I thank you sincerely for your book. I shall read it with great pleasure & profit, & I needed something the reading of which would refresh my law memory.
My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after that it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottsville to copy acts for those who need them, for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy, with the pen & too much attached to the plough to do it myself. I live on my horse from an early breakfast to a late dinner, & very often after that till dark. this occasions me to be in great arrears in my pen-work. Adieu with sincere affection.
Monticello Apr. 18. 95.
