Record ID:
361399
Accession number:
MA 1029.77
Date:
1797 Apr. 9.
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description:
1 item (1 page) ; 22.7 cm
Notes:
Watermark: 1794. Watermark, infrared reflectography. 1794. 361399wm_MA_1029_77_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."
With trace of a seal.
Summary:
Telling her he approves of her "resolution to have the children inoculated"; reporting that he is "called to Philadelphia to a meeting of Congress the 15th of May"; encouraging her to come to Monticello with the children before he leaves in early May; ask
Provenance:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
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