BIB_ID
361164
Accession number
MA 1029.21
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 Jan. 20.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.3 cm
Notes
Watermark: IV Watermark, infrared reflectography. IV. 361164wm_MA_1029_21_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
Reporting that her "acquaintances in Panthemont complain excessively about [her] inattention to them"; noting that "there has been a riot in Paris in which M. de Castrie's household furniture was destroyed"; discussing his efforts at unpacking his things from Paris and telling her that he has books "to present to Mr. Randolph"; complaining about the cold in Philadelphia and wishing "for some stockings of cotton and hair's fur knit together"; asking her to get someone to knit the stockings, and requesting that they be "very large."
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