BIB_ID
360440
Accession number
MA 1029.2
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1784 Feb. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.8 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 "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 "Patsy."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Reporting on his poor health; expressing regret that Mr. Cimetiere will be unable to attend her to drawing lessons "because it is probable [she] will never have another opportunity of learning to draw, and it is a pretty & pleasing accomplishment"; discussing her French master's tardiness and hoping she "nevertheless read[s] French every day"; expressing "great satisfaction" with the letter she wrote to him in French; discussing money to be paid to Mrs. Hopkinson.
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