BIB_ID
300927
Accession number
MA 1029.79
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1797 June 8.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Watermark: Indecipherable fragment of a word. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Fragment. 300927wm_MA_1029_79_Jefferson_WM_IR.jpg
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter Martha. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see main record for MA 1029 for details.
To "my dear Martha."
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter Martha. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see main record for MA 1029 for details.
To "my dear Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Expressing his happiness at his daughter Maria's engagement; commenting favorably on her fiancé; saying that he thinks he may "open and resettle the plantation of Pantops" for Maria and her husband; writing, "When I look to the ineffable pleasures of my family society, I become more and more disgusted with the jealousies, the hatred, and the rancorous and malignant passions of this scene, and lament my having ever again been drawn into public view. Tranquility is now my object"; discussing the difficulties of withdrawing from public view "without leaving a dissatisfaction in their mind and an impression of pusillanimity with the public"; giving details of his travel plans to return to Monticello.
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