View source for Wythe to Robert Carter, 17 October 1792

[[George Wythe]] writes to [[wikipedia:Robert Carter III|Robert Carter]] from Richmond thanking him for his kindness in sending a gift of books. Wythe expresses the wish that he could respond in kind.<ref>George Wythe to Robert Carter, October 17, 1792, in Library & Archives, Maine Historical Society.</ref> The books in question were English translations of the Swedish scientist and theologian, [[wikipedia:Emanuel Swedenborg|Emanuel Swedenborg]]:

*''The True Christian Religion,'' vol. 1 (Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1789)
*''Nine Queries Concerning the Trinity, Etc.'' (London: R. Hindmarsh,  1786, or 1790)
*''A Short Account of the Honourable Emmanuel Swedenborg and His Theological Writings'' (London, printed&mdash;Baltimore: Samuel and John Adams, 1792)<ref>Samuel and John Adams, two sons of James Adams of Wilmington, Delaware, operated a printing office in Baltimore from 1790 to 1796. Douglas Crawford McMurtrie, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VLXNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA250 ''A History of Printing in the United States,''] vol. 2 (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1936), 250.</ref>
*''The Liturgy of the New Church'' (Baltimore: Samuel and John Adams, 1792).
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==Letter text== 
===Page 1===

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Dear Sir,

I return to you thanks for you friendly remembrance of me, and kind attention to my welfare, and wish i had power to remunerate your beneficence by sending books to you which would do<br />
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===Page 2===
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to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawson ought in your opinion to do to me. <br />
:::::::::::::G. Wythe
:::::Richmond, 17th of
:::::October, 1792

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===Page 3===
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Hon Robert Carter<br />
::Nomony-hall.

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==See also== 
*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 19 January 1779]]
*[[New-Church Messenger#Page 187|Robert Carter to Wythe, 11 October 1792]]

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