BIB_ID
361251
Accession number
MA 1029.33
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 January 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.6 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."
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Watermark: J WHATMAN.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Speaking of his love for her and "the delight with which [he] recall[s] the various scenes thro which [they] have passed together"; mentioning his desire to "exchang[e] labour, envy, and malice, for ease, domestic occupation, and domestic love and society"; wishing he could relinquish his office and return to Monticello; hoping that Mr. Randolph "will find a convenience in making only leisurely preparations for a settlement" [i.e. that he will take his time in moving his family from Monticello to a new home].
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