BIB_ID
361374
Accession number
MA 1029.66
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Nov. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Watermark: Curteis & Son. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Curteis & Son. 361374wm_MA_1029_66_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 the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia "has almost entirely disappeared ... since the great rains which have fallen," and "the refugee inhabitants are very generally returning into the city"; reporting that "the affairs of France are at present gloomy"; sending Freneau's papers.
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