BIB_ID
361250
Accession number
MA 1029.108
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1803 Jan. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Watermark: MAGNAY & PICKERING. Watermark, infrared reflectography. MAGNAY & PICKERING. 361250wm_MA_1029_108_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 Martha."
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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Lamenting that her journey home was so difficult and saying how deeply her departure has affected him; commenting that they have had no thaw "till yesterday, & the river is still entirely blocked up;" adding that he presumed she was "amused with the reciepts for making panne-quaiques and other good things."
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