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[[George Wythe]] writes to [[wikipedia:Robert Carter III|Robert Carter]] from Richmond to thank him for his kindness. Wythe expresses that he hopes to reciprocate the favor by books to Carter.
[[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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Dear Sir,
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 beneficience by sending books to you which would do to <br />
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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to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawsson ought in your opinion to go to me. <br />
to you no less good than those handed to me by Mr. Dawson ought in your opinion to do to me. <br />
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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]]


==See also==  
==References==
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*[[Robert Carter to Wythe, 19 January 1779]]
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[[Category: Letters from Wythe]]

Latest revision as of 13:11, 24 April 2025

George Wythe writes to 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.[1] The books in question were English translations of the Swedish scientist and theologian, 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—Baltimore: Samuel and John Adams, 1792)[2]
  • The Liturgy of the New Church (Baltimore: Samuel and John Adams, 1792).


Letter text

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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

to

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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.

G. Wythe
Richmond, 17th of
October, 1792

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Hon Robert Carter

Nomony-hall.

See also

References

  1. ↑ George Wythe to Robert Carter, October 17, 1792, in Library & Archives, Maine Historical Society.
  2. ↑ 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, A History of Printing in the United States, vol. 2 (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1936), 250.
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