BIB_ID
361247
Accession number
MA 1029.106
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1802 Oct. 7.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.8 cm
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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."
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
Describing his journey to Washington which left him with "an excessive soreness all over and a deafness & ringing in the head;" telling her that he wishes to pay for whatever costs she incurs in her journey as "it never was my intention that a journey made for my gratification should bring any expence on you."
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