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 --- On Thu, 12/23/10, VA-HIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: VA-HIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> Subject: VA-HIST Digest - 21 Dec 2010 to 22 Dec 2010 (#2010-167) To: [log in to unmask] Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 12:00 AM There are 2 messages totalling 104 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Thomas Wharton to Samuel Wharton, Sept. 23, 1774 (2) ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Kukla" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:10 PM 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 > ________________ > www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ------------------------------ 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 ________________ www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jim Glanville <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jon: > > Try http://books.google.com/books?id=vv87AAAAIAAJ page 448. > > Jim > > > > > 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 >> ________________ >> www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> <http://www.jonkukla.com/> >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ------------------------------ End of VA-HIST Digest - 21 Dec 2010 to 22 Dec 2010 (#2010-167) ************************************************************** ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html