BIB_ID
361286
Accession number
MA 1029.116
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1805 Jan. 21.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.3 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
Expressing his anxieties about the state of her health; worrying that she may be suffering from the severe weather; asking her to consider "how many persons have the happiness of their lives depending on you, and consider it as a duty to take every care of yourself that you would think of for the dearest of those about you." .
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