BIB_ID
361344
Accession number
MA 1029.56
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 April 8.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 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."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Commenting on her sister Maria's illness; discussing a man named Boulding who "set out to view [Jefferson's] lands with the intention to become a tenant"; giving details of his efforts to ship his furniture to Monticello; reporting that "war is certainly declared between France, England, and Holland."
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