BIB_ID
361376
Accession number
MA 1029.67
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 Dec. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Watermark: Curteis & Son. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Curteis & Son. 361376wm_MA_1029_67_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
Reporting that Philadelphia is "entirely clear of all infection" and "the members of Congress are coming into it without fear"; discussing various people who have returned to Philadelphia; noting that "the French are triumphing in every quarter"; giving news of St. Domingo, which has "expelled all it's [sic] whites" and "given freedom to all it's [sic] blacks."
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