BIB_ID
361356
Accession number
MA 1029.58
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 May 12.
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."
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Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Discussing the large number of boxes he sent to Richmond, and enclosing a list of what each box contains [enclosure now held by University of Virginia Library]; asking if she has received the box of servants' clothes he sent in December; mentioning that he has been "persuaded by [his] friends to defer carrying into execution [his] determination to retire," but promising, "when I see you, it will be never to part again."
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