BIB_ID
361275
Accession number
MA 1029.41
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 May 27.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield, horn. 361275wm_MA_1029_41_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
Telling her that [James] Monroe and his wife will probably arrive before she receives this letter; mentioning [James] Madison and the President [George Washington]; commenting on the attempt to assassinate the King of Sweden [Gustav III]; discussing the election in New York between [John] Jay and [George] Clinton; noting that his tobacco has arrived, but he keeps forgetting "to make enquiry about [his] bacon."
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