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
Watermark: Edmeads & Pine. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Edmeads & Pine. 361365wm_MA_1029_61_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
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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