BIB_ID
361373
Accession number
MA 1029.65
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Sept. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside (upper fragment). Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield, horn. 361373wm_MA_1029_65_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
Giving details of his plan to travel to Monticello; commenting on the increase in cases of yellow fever in Philadelphia, and noting that he thinks it "too unsafe" to go into town now; asking her to tell Mrs. Beverley Randolph that they expect her husband back soon, "the Indians having refused to meet our Commissioners."
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