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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Washington, to his granddaughter Anne, 1805 July 6.

BIB_ID
361315
Accession number
MA 1029.122
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1805 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25.0 cm
Notes
Watermark: 1801. Watermark, infrared reflectography. 1801. 361315wm_MA_1029_122_Jefferson_WM_IR.jpg
Address panel with postmark "free / Th. Jefferson Pr. US. / "Miss Anne C. Randolph / Edgehill / near Milton."
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 dearest Anne."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Apologizing for not having written for so long; discussing the timing of his departure from Washington and asking for "an account of your stewardship of the fowls" when he sees her.