BIB_ID
361195
Accession number
MA 1029.98
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
[1808 Oct. 18].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.0 cm
Notes
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.
The letter refers to a visit by Martha Randolph's son, Thomas Jefferson Randolph who was a student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and 1809.
The place and date of writing is from "Founders Online, National Archives."
The letter refers to a visit by Martha Randolph's son, Thomas Jefferson Randolph who was a student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and 1809.
The place and date of writing is from "Founders Online, National Archives."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Relating his visit with Jefferson who stopped on his way to Philadelphia; saying he received "700 species of seeds" from the "National garden at Paris;" adding "I suppose they will contain all the fine flowers of France, and fill all the space we have for them."
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