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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
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."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: 1801.
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.