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[[File:WashingtonToWytheAugust281793.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793." Image from the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138 Library of Congress,] ''George Washington Papers.''</p>]]
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[[Wikipedia: George Washington| George Washington]] asks [[George Wythe]] to deliver the answer enclosed in the letter to the address Washington forwarded to him through [[Wikipedia: Peyton Randolph| Peyton Randolph]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]].
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[[File:WashingtonToWytheAugust281793.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793." Image from the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2&fileName=gwpage039.db&recNum=138 Library of Congress,] ''George Washington Papers.''</p>]]
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==Letter text==
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Philadelphia Augt. 28. 1793.
  
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George Wythe Esquire.<br />
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[[George Wythe]] Esquire.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philadelphia Augt. 28. 1793.<br />
 
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Dear Sir, <br />
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I pray you to receive and communicate the enclosed answer to the address which you were pleased to forward to me through the channel of Messrs. Randolph & Jefferson. — Suffer me at the same time, to embrace the occasion which it presents, as of assuring you of the Sincere esteem & regard, with which I have the honor to be <br />
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D. Sir, <br />
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your mo: Obt. Servt. <br />
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Go. Washington<br />
 
  
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Dear Sir,
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I pray you to receive and communicate the enclosed answer to the address which you were pleased to forward to me through the channel of Messrs. Randolph & Jefferson. &mdash; Suffer me at the same time, to embrace the occasion which it presents, as of assuring you of the Sincere esteem & regard, with which I have the honor to be
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D. Sir, <br />
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Your mo: Obt. Servt. <br />
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Go. Washington
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==See also==
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*[[Wythe to George Washington, 25 October 1781]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 13 December 2023

George Washington asks George Wythe to deliver the answer enclosed in the letter to the address Washington forwarded to him through Peyton Randolph and Thomas Jefferson.

"George Washington to Wythe, 28 August 1793." Image from the Library of Congress, George Washington Papers.

Letter text

Philadelphia Augt. 28. 1793.

George Wythe Esquire.

Dear Sir,

I pray you to receive and communicate the enclosed answer to the address which you were pleased to forward to me through the channel of Messrs. Randolph & Jefferson. — Suffer me at the same time, to embrace the occasion which it presents, as of assuring you of the Sincere esteem & regard, with which I have the honor to be

D. Sir,
Your mo: Obt. Servt.
Go. Washington

See also

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