BIB_ID
361316
Accession number
MA 1029.50
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 December 31.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.5 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."
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Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Expressing his happiness that her daughter Anne has fully recovered from her illness; telling her that an Indian chief "of the Pioria nation" who met her at Monticello "enquired after" her; reporting that [Jean Pierre] "Blanchard has arrived here and is to ascend in his balloon within a few days"; sending a message to Mr. Randolph through Martha.
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