BIB_ID
360462
Accession number
MA 1029.7
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1787 April 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.9 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: Fragment, M. Johannot & Fils around a central cockle shell.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Telling her that he has "not been able to write to [her] so often as [he] expected because [he is] generally on the road"; reporting that "dear Polly" will certainly come to them this summer, and noting that Polly will be "a precious charge on [Martha's] hands"; advising her to teach Polly to be good, true, industrious, etc.
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