BIB_ID
361316
Accession number
MA 1029.50
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1792 Dec. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361316wm_MA_1029_50_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 Martha."
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."
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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