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Sir, &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;Williamsburg 21 Feb. 1780.
  
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Sir, &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;Williamsburg 21 Feb. 1780.  <br />
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Congress, I hope, will excuse me for declining an office, my appointment to which was this day notified to me, because, I must have entered upon it inauspiciously, since I could not have attended to the duties of it without first doing injustice by breaking through some engagements I think myself bound to fulfill. In this business I had the less hesitation as there will be no difficulty in supplying the vacancy with an abler judge, and one less embarrassed.  Be pleased Sir, to acquaint that very respectable assembly with the contents of this, and that I have a proper sense of the honour they designed me, which nothing so much as their opinion could have flattered me into a believe that I deserved.  I am, <br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Congress, I hope will excuse me for declining an office, my appointment to which was this day notified to me, because, I must have entered upon it inauspiciously, since I could not have attended to the duties of it without first doing injustice by breaking through some engagements I think myself bound to fulfill. In this business I had the less hesitation as there will be no difficulty in supplying the vacancy with an able judge, and one less embarrassed.  Be pleased Sir, to acquaint that very respectable assembly with the contents of this, and that I have a proper sense of the honour they designed me, which nothing so much as their opinion could have flattered me into a believe that I deserved.  I am, <br />
 
 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your obedient servant<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your obedient servant<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G. Wythe<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G. Wythe<br />
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His Excellency the President of Congress<br />
 
His Excellency the President of Congress<br />
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philadelphia.  <br />
 
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Declining the office of Judge of the Court of Appeals<br />
 
Declining the office of Judge of the Court of Appeals<br />
 
Read March 13th.  <br />
 
Read March 13th.  <br />
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==See also==
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*Samuel Huntington to Wythe et al., 2 February 1780
 
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]]
 
[[Category:Letters from Wythe]]

Revision as of 14:19, 16 June 2014

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"Wythe to President of Congress, 21 February 1780, pg 1." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Sir,                                   Williamsburg 21 Feb. 1780.

Congress, I hope, will excuse me for declining an office, my appointment to which was this day notified to me, because, I must have entered upon it inauspiciously, since I could not have attended to the duties of it without first doing injustice by breaking through some engagements I think myself bound to fulfill. In this business I had the less hesitation as there will be no difficulty in supplying the vacancy with an abler judge, and one less embarrassed. Be pleased Sir, to acquaint that very respectable assembly with the contents of this, and that I have a proper sense of the honour they designed me, which nothing so much as their opinion could have flattered me into a believe that I deserved. I am,
                   Sir,
                        Your obedient servant
                             G. Wythe

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"Wythe to President of Congress, 21 February 1780, pg 2." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

His Excellency the President of Congress
              Philadelphia.

[endorsed]
Letter for G. Wythe
Feby 21. 1780
Declining the office of Judge of the Court of Appeals
Read March 13th.

See also

  • Samuel Huntington to Wythe et al., 2 February 1780
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