BIB_ID
360487
Accession number
MA 1029.11
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1787 June 14.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Copy is in an unknown hand. Jefferson's signature appears to be traced from the original letter.
Docketed. Also with the following note: "The original of this letter was given to Mr. Henry S. Randall of New York. March 1853." As of 1944, the original letter was held by Mrs. David Haas of New York City.
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. Also with the following note: "The original of this letter was given to Mr. Henry S. Randall of New York. March 1853." As of 1944, the original letter was held by Mrs. David Haas of New York City.
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
Sending her 15 livres, but warning her about "how imprudent it is to lay out in one moment what should accomodate [her] for five weeks"; telling her that "it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article."
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