BIB_ID
361385
Accession number
MA 1029.70
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1795 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Watermark: Zoonen. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Zoonen. 361385wm_MA_1029_70_Jefferson_WM_IR.jpg
"Th. J. to his 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.
"Th. J. to his 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.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Reporting that they are "all well, and especially the children, who will forget you if you do not return soon"; describing efforts to help her son Jefferson overcome his fear of dogs; commenting on "a spell of very cold weather" during which "no ploughing [was] done"; enclosing a letter for Mr. Randolph from Clarke, and guessing that it contains "doleful" news of "a much shorter crop of tobacco than ... expected."
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