BIB_ID
361328
Accession number
MA 1029.53
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Feb. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361328wm_MA_1029_53_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 dear daughter."
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 dear daughter."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Reporting that they have had "the mildest winter ever known, having had only two snows to cover the ground, and those remained but a short time"; noting that "heavy rains now falling will render the roads next to impassable for the members [of Congress] returning home"; discussing a box of servants' clothes he sent to Richmond; sending his regards to Mr. Randolph and her daughter Anne.
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