BIB_ID
361218
Accession number
MA 1029.26
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 June 23.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.3 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 daughter."
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
Commenting on his recent journey and noting that "the relaxation it gave [him] from business has freed [him] from the almost constant headache with which [he] had been persecuted thro the whole winter and spring"; saying that he doesn't know when he will see her because it "will depend on the movements of the President"; recounting a conversation with the Duke of Dorset; mentioning Fulwar Skipwith; discussing business, including various goods he is awaiting; observing that "matters in France are still going on safely."
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