BIB_ID
361319
Accession number
MA 1029.124
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1805 October 22.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.0 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 dearest 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 dearest Martha."
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Watermark: J Whatman 1801.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Expressing concern for her health since he has not heard from her in three weeks; saying that "mrs Madison still continues in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. the affected part healed, but too tender for her to quit her surgeon for some time yet;" commenting that "the almost certainty of a continental war in Europe gives us time to bring Spain to reason peaceably, & considerably relieves our prospects."
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