Record ID:
361397
Accession number:
MA 1029.76
Date:
1797 Mar. 27.
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes:
Watermark: Fragment of a word above 1794. Watermark, infrared reflectography. 1794. 361397wm_MA_1029_76_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."
Summary:
Mentioning a letter he wrote to Mr. Randolph; reporting that he has been home a week; noting that the "natural productions of the spring are about a fortnight earlier here than at Fredericksburg"; hoping that she and her family will come to visit him soon
Provenance:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
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