BIB_ID
361265
Accession number
MA 1029.37
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
[1791] Mar. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned shield, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield. 361265wm_MA_1029_37_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 daughter."
With trace of a seal.
Year is based on the published version of Jefferson's letters.
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.
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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