BIB_ID
361160
Accession number
MA 1029.19
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1790 Dec. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Watermark: Indecipherable letters. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Indecipherable letters. 361160wm_MA_1029_19_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 daughter."
With trace of a seal.
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 daughter."
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Discussing his plans for keeping up their correspondence and hoping that she will "do it on [her] part"; mentioning that he visited some of her friends; sending her "the Magasin des modes of July"; commenting on whether there will be a war between England and Spain; noting that "a general peace is established in the North of Europe, except between Russia and Turkey."
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