View source for Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 13 June 1790

[[Thomas Jefferson]] writes in response to [[George Wythe| Wythe]]'s letter from [[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1790| April 22]] where Wythe asked about where he could obtain the writings of [[Wikipedia: Phlegon of Tralles| Phlegon]].  Jefferson tells him the name of a bookseller he has used in the past and provides some extra information about Phlegon he has discovered.  He also gives Wythe some seeds of high-land rice and mentions that the House of Representatives voted to move to Baltimore but the Senate has not made a decision yet. 
[[File:JeffersonToWytheJune131790.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 13 June 1790." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib004812 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
==Letter text==
<blockquote>
New York June 13. 1790. 

Dear Sir

An indisposition of several weeks has prevented my sooner acknowledging the receipt of your favor of [[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1790|Apr. 22]]. – the bookseller whom I have employed at Strasburgh always is Armand Koenig. A Biographical dictionary to which I have been obliged to have recourse for information about Phlegon, authorises me to inform you of these circumstances relative to him. he was surnamed Trallion, from a city in Lydia, & a freed-man of Adrian. there remains nothing of his at present but a treatise on those who <u>have been long-lived</u>, & another on <u>wonderful things</u>. the best edition of these fragments of Phlegon is that given by Meursius at Leyden in 1622. in 4to. Gr. & Lat. with notes. he lived to the 156th year of the Christian era. the author adds 'it is pretended that he spoke in the 13th. & 14th. books of his Olympiads of the darkness which happened at the death of our Saviour. Eusebius in his chronicle relates his words.' – I inclose a few seeds of high-land rice which was gathered the last autumn in the East Indies. if well attended to, it may not be too late to sow & mature it after you shall receive it. I have sowed a few seeds in earthen pots. it is a most precious thing if we can save it. – the house of representatives have voted to remove to <strike>Philadelphia</strike> Baltimore. it is doubted whether the Senate will concur. perhaps it may end in a removal to Philadelphia. Adieu my Dear Sir

yours affectionately<br />
</blockquote>

==See also==
*[[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1790]]
*[[Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1790]]

[[Category: Letters to Wythe]]
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