Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to his daughter Martha, 1791 May 8.

BIB_ID
361202
Accession number
MA 1029.25
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 May 8.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 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 daughter."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Thanking her "for all the small news of [her] letters"; emphasizing the importance of being on good terms with one's neighbors; sending a list of household items, clothes, and books he is sending to Monticello.