BIB_ID
361250
Accession number
MA 1029.108
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1803 January 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.5 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 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."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: MAGNAY & PICKERING.
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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