BIB_ID
361352
Accession number
MA 1029.57
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Apr. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361352wm_MA_1029_57a_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
Nicholas P. Trist; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Commenting on her sister Maria's health; alluding to a charge brought against Martha's sister-in-law's husband, Richard Randolph; telling her, "never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend your hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself."
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