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
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361356wm_MA_1029_58_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
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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