BIB_ID
361249
Accession number
MA 1029.32
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Watermark: J WHATMAN. Watermark, infrared reflectography. J WHATMAN. 361249wm_MA_1029_32_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."
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
Commenting on news from Monticello, including Mrs. Gilmer's illness and Martha's daughter Anne's recent "danger as well as her escape"; alluding to his efforts "to get a post established through Columbia, Charlottesville, and Staunton"; chiding her for not writing more frequently.
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