BIB_ID
361395
Accession number
MA 1029.75
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1797 February 28.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.3 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: Pro Patria, Figure holding weapon with lion in fence (fragment).
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Giving details of his journey to Philadelphia thus far; sending a message to Mr. Randolph about the price of tobacco; telling Mr. Randolph that "it will be worth his while to have the making of his crab cyder well attended to hereafter"; commenting on the price of wheat.
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