BIB_ID
360462
Accession number
MA 1029.7
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1787 Apr. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Watermark: Fragment, M. Johannot & Fils around a central cockle shell. Watermark, infrared reflectography. M. Johannot & Fils cockle shell 360462wm_MA_1029_7_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 Patsy."
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."
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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