BIB_ID
361370
Accession number
MA 1029.63
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Aug. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.7 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."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Shield with horn inside over GR (lower fragment).
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Sending her two of Petit's recipes; mentioning a visit from Mr. D. Randolph; recounting a story of a 23-year-old woman who died of "a mortification of the bowels" brought on by eating "green plumbs and apples."
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