BIB_ID
361369
Accession number
MA 1029.130
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1806 Oct. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Watermark: John Wise 1804. Watermark, infrared reflectography. John Wise 1804. 361369wm_MA_1029_130_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 dearest 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 dearest Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Encouraging her to take from Monticello whatever food and drink stores she might use at her house; "having been so long in the midst of a family, the loansomeness of this place is more intolerable than I ever found it. my daily rides too are sickening for want of some interest in the scenes I pass over: and indeed I look over the two ensuing years as the most tedious of my life;" informing her that in a few days she will be visited by "an elderly English gentleman who is seeking asylum in this quiet country to bring his family to."
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