BIB_ID
361365
Accession number
MA 1029.61
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 July 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.6 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
Telling her that his "head is full of farming," and that he has been "boring [Mr. Randolph] with [his] plans"; noting that Maria spends two or three days a week with him, and that she "getting into tolerable health, tho' not good"; speaking highly of the excellent shade trees around his current house; asking her to "make a provision of endive plants for the winter."
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