BIB_ID
136816
Accession number
MA 1000
Creator
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802, sender.
Display Date
Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1800 January 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.3 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
The recipient of this letter is simply identified as "My Dear Madam", however, the accession records for the purchase of this letter indicate it was written to "Mrs. John Adams."
Formerly bound with a letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (MA 999.1), Company Orders issued by Captain Joseph McIlvaine on the death of General Washington (MA 999.2), two additional letters by Martha Washington (MA 1008 and 1014) and a letter from Abigail Adams (MA 1018). These letters were bound together at the Library after being individually acquired; this synthetic collection was disbound in 2015, and the binding was retained.
The recipient of this letter is simply identified as "My Dear Madam", however, the accession records for the purchase of this letter indicate it was written to "Mrs. John Adams."
Formerly bound with a letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (MA 999.1), Company Orders issued by Captain Joseph McIlvaine on the death of General Washington (MA 999.2), two additional letters by Martha Washington (MA 1008 and 1014) and a letter from Abigail Adams (MA 1018). These letters were bound together at the Library after being individually acquired; this synthetic collection was disbound in 2015, and the binding was retained.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Rosenbach, 1924.
Summary
Thanking Adams for her letter following the death of President Washington; stating that she relies on "that almighty power" for consolation and wishing Adams happiness.
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