BIB_ID
360463
Accession number
MA 1029.8
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1787 May 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Listing all the cities he has visited and telling her to "take [her] map and trace out the following places"; discussing the difficulties of his journey; enclosing a letter he received from her sister, and asking her to return it to him; reporting that he hopes the harsichord he sent her will arrive soon; warning her against idleness.
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