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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly271796p1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008694 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly271796p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, pg 1." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008694 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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[[George Wythe|G Wythe]] to [[Thomas Jefferson|T Jefferson]]
  
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G Wythe to T Jefferson<br />
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Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks. The committee appointed to collect and publish the laws relating to lands and property, seeing your [[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796|letter]], in january, to me, declined proceding in the business, for the present, in hopes the general assembly may be persuaded by the reasons which you  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks. The committee appointed to collect and publish the laws relating to lands and property, seeing your [[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796|letter]], in january, to me, declined proceding in the business, for the present, in hopes the general assembly may be persuaded by the reasons which you <br />
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[[File:WytheToJeffersonJuly271796p2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, pg 2." Image from the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib008694 Library of Congress,] ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers.''</p>]]
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you suggested to extend the work. will you permit me to deliver a printed copy of the letter to every member? you say you will take the trouble of procuring a copy of the mss not sent to me. adieu affectionately
  
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you suggested to extend the work. will you permit me to deliver a printed copy of the letter to every member? you say you will take the trouble of procuring a copy of the mss not sent to me. adieu affectionately <br />
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27 of july, 1796.  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27 of july, 1796. <br />
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==See also==
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 January 1796, 2]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 8 August, 1796]]
  
 
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Revision as of 22:06, 4 July 2015

"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, pg 1." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

Letter text

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G Wythe to T Jefferson

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks. The committee appointed to collect and publish the laws relating to lands and property, seeing your letter, in january, to me, declined proceding in the business, for the present, in hopes the general assembly may be persuaded by the reasons which you

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"Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1796, pg 2." Image from the Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.

you suggested to extend the work. will you permit me to deliver a printed copy of the letter to every member? you say you will take the trouble of procuring a copy of the mss not sent to me. adieu affectionately

27 of july, 1796.

See also

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