BIB_ID
361272
Accession number
MA 1029.40
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Watermark: LVG, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. LVG. 361272wm_MA_1029_40_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."
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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Offering excuses for not writing sooner; telling her that he will send various items with Colo. [James] Monroe, including her watch, the second part of [Thomas] Paine's Rights of Man for Mr. Randolph, and [Johann Caspar] Lavater's aphorisms for her; telling her that Maria is going to have to change schools because Mrs. Pine is going to England.
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