BIB_ID
361196
Accession number
MA 1029.22
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 February 9.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
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."
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."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside, fragment.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Sending his "sincere congratulations" on the birth of her first child; telling her, "your last two letters are those which have given me the greatest pleasure of any I ever received from you"; encouraging her to work in the garden in order to regain her "health and strength."
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