Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield, horn. 361199wm_MA_1029_23_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."
Expressing his hope that her health is "perfectly reestablished" and "the little Anne is becoming a big one"; commenting on an "annular eclipse of the sun"; asking her to recommend Fulwar Skipwith to any friends she may have in Martinique or Guadaloupe; discussing the French Revolution ("Things are going on well in France, the revolution being past all danger") and civil wars in St. Domingue and Martinique; asking for "full details" on the subject of her garden.