Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to his daughter Martha, 1791 Mar. 24.

Record ID: 
361199
Accession number: 
MA 1029.23
Author: 
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Date: 
1791 Mar. 24.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes: 

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."

Summary: 

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.

Provenance: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.