An amazing new resource is the improved Google Books. Here's a link to a transcription of correspondence from 1775; I'll leave you to do your own digging:
http://books.google.com/books?id=xo7SAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA284&dq=thomas+wharton+to+samuel+wharton&hl=en&ei=wJwTTcvrIIKKlwea9pjFDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=thomas%20wharton%20to%20samuel%20wharton&f=false
Stephen BallardAlexandria, Virginia
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1. Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774 (2)
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:24:55 -0500
From: Harold Gill <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774
I think the Wharton Letter Books are on film at the Rockefeller Library at
Colonial Williamsburg.
Harold
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From: "Jon Kukla" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774
> This letter is cited in many studies, but I haven't been able to find the
> full text in print anywhere (and it will be a while before I can visit the
> reading rooms of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania):
>
> Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774; Wharton Letter-book,
> 1773-1784, HSP
>
> Does anyone have the text of this letter, or a citation to a published
> text?
>
> Thank you, and all good wishes for the season!
>
> Jon Kukla
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:57:12 -0500
From: Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774
Got it, thank you very much!
Jon Kukla
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jim Glanville <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jon:
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> Try http://books.google.com/books?id=vv87AAAAIAAJ page 448.
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> Jim
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> At 01:10 PM 12/21/2010, you wrote:
>
>> This letter is cited in many studies, but I haven't been able to find
>> the
>> full text in print anywhere (and it will be a while before I can visit the
>> reading rooms of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania):
>>
>> Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774; Wharton Letter-book,
>> 1773-1784, HSP
>>
>> Does anyone have the text of this letter, or a citation to a published
>> text?
>>
>> Thank you, and all good wishes for the season!
>>
>> Jon Kukla
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