BIB_ID
361306
Accession number
MA 1029.46
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 Oct. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned double circle with striding figure inside, Britannia. Watermark, infrared reflectography. crown, double circle, figure, 361306wm_MA_1029_46_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
Discussing the illness of Martha's daughter Anne; telling her that she was cured of an illness at about Anne's age "by recurrence to a good breast of milk"; adding, "I think it should however be some other than your own, if a breast of milk is to be tried."
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