BIB_ID
361256
Accession number
MA 1029.36
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 Feb. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.8 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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Telling her that he envies her "occupations in the fields and garden" while he is "shut up drudging within four walls"; giving news of Maria, Mrs. Trist, and Mrs. Waters; reporting that he has "nothing new or interesting from Europe for Mr. Randolph"; discussing a confrontation in India between "Tippoo Saib" and Cornwallis.
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