BIB_ID
361162
Accession number
MA 1029.20
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1790 Dec. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Watermark: Shield with horn inside over letters "GR", fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Shield, horn, GR. 361162wm_MA_1029_20_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."
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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Scolding her because he has not received a letter from anyone in her household in eleven weeks; encouraging her to write even if she thinks she has nothing to say; alluding to her pregnancy ("I suspect you may have news to tell me of the most tender interest to me"); noting that he is "still without a house" and thus "without a place to open [his] furniture" from Paris.
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