BIB_ID
360504
Accession number
MA 1029.15
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1790 June 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crown over a shield with horn inside, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Shield, crown, horn. 360504wm_MA_1029_15_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 Martha."
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 Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Asking her to write more frequently; discussing where Congress will be held, and speculating that "Congress will pass a bill for removing to Philadelphia for ten years, and then to Georgetown; sending her an engraving of the President [George Washington] done by Wright.
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