BIB_ID
361196
Accession number
MA 1029.22
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 Feb. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield, horn. 361196wm_MA_1029_22_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 Martha."
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."
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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