BIB_ID
361265
Accession number
MA 1029.37
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
[1791] March 2.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.4 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 daughter."
With trace of a seal.
Year is based on the published version of Jefferson's letters.
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."
With trace of a seal.
Year is based on the published version of Jefferson's letters.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Crowned shield, fragment.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Reporting that Congress has "passed no laws remarkable except the excise law and one establishing a bank"; discussing her friends Mrs. Trist and Mrs. Waters; asking after her health and the baby's; directing her to kiss the baby and Maria for him.
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