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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJanuary11796p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008580 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[George Wythe]] says that the general assembly is looking to print and organize their acts.  He tells [[Thomas Jefferson| Jefferson]] that those who have to do the work are not finding it enjoyable, but if Jefferson is able to send his copies, it will make the work easier.  Wythe asks Jefferson to let him know how he will be sending the copies if he can find them.
[[File:WytheToJeffersonJanuary11796p2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008580 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJanuary11796p1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008580 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJanuary11796p2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008580 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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==Letter text==
 
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G Wythe to T Jefferson<br />
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[[George Wythe|G Wythe]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|T Jefferson]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The general assembly, at their late session, enacted that a collection of the laws, public and private, relative to lands, shall be printed. those who are appointed to perform the work, despair of doing it, without your aid. If you will permit your copies to be sent hither, i will be answerable for their restitution in the same order as when they shall be received. be
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The general assembly, at their late session, enacted that a collection of the laws, public and private, relative to lands, shall be printed. those who are appointed to perform the work, despair of doing it, without your aid. If you will permit your copies to be sent hither, i will be answerable for their restitution in the same order as when they shall be received. be
 
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be so good as let me know, if the copies may be obtained, in what manner they may be forwarded, with least inconvenience. Farewell. Richmond 1 of january, 1796.
 
be so good as let me know, if the copies may be obtained, in what manner they may be forwarded, with least inconvenience. Farewell. Richmond 1 of january, 1796.
 
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==See also==
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 18 April 1795]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 12 January 1796]]
  
 
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[[Category:Letters from Wythe]]
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[[Category:Wythe's Signature]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, 10 March 2018

George Wythe says that the general assembly is looking to print and organize their acts. He tells Jefferson that those who have to do the work are not finding it enjoyable, but if Jefferson is able to send his copies, it will make the work easier. Wythe asks Jefferson to let him know how he will be sending the copies if he can find them.

"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 1." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1796, pg 2." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

Letter text

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G Wythe to T Jefferson

The general assembly, at their late session, enacted that a collection of the laws, public and private, relative to lands, shall be printed. those who are appointed to perform the work, despair of doing it, without your aid. If you will permit your copies to be sent hither, i will be answerable for their restitution in the same order as when they shall be received. be

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be so good as let me know, if the copies may be obtained, in what manner they may be forwarded, with least inconvenience. Farewell. Richmond 1 of january, 1796.

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