BIB_ID
361364
Accession number
MA 1029.60
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 June 10.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361364wm_MA_1029_60_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
Congratulating her on the arrival of the mockingbird: "learn all the children to venerate it as a superior being in the form of a bird, or as a being which will haunt them if any harm is done to itself or its eggs"; hoping that the multiplication of cedar trees will attract more mockingbirds; informing her that his furniture arrived safely in Richmond; noting that "Maria is here, but too lazy to write. She says in excuse that you do not write to her"; referring to a letter from Beverly Randolph and the postponement of treaty negotiations at Niagara.
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