BIB_ID
310479
Accession number
MA 1029.185
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
[1791] May 31.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 16-17.2 x 9.4 cm
Notes
High reserve.
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.
Written on the rectos and versos of two pieces of birch bark, and followed by an additional blank piece of birch bark.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
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.
Written on the rectos and versos of two pieces of birch bark, and followed by an additional blank piece of birch bark.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Describing the beauty and abundance of Lake George, noting that it "is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw," and favorably comparing it to Lake Champlain; discussing the weather, reporting that it is as hot and sultry as the Carolinas and Georgia; mentioning plans to travel through Vermont, Long Island, and New York to Philadelphia; sending his love.
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