BIB_ID
360436
Accession number
MA 1029.1
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1784 January 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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 Patsy."
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 Patsy."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside a shield over letters "GR", fragment.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Gently chiding her for not writing to him more often; telling her, "I am anxious to know what books you read, what tunes you can play, and to receive specimens of your drawing"; discussing her visits to the Rittenhouse family and advising her to "conduct [her]self with so much attention to the family as that they may never feel themselves incommoded by" her presence; asking her to send copies of her drawings so he "may judge how [she] come[s] on"; reporting that he has been experiencing ill health.
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