BIB_ID
361400
Accession number
MA 1029.78
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1797 May 18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.1 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: J Larking (fragment).
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Giving word of his arrival in Philadelphia; forwarding a letter he received for her; saying that his next letter "will give a better idea of the time of [his] return"; noting that the United States' affairs with France "become more and more gloomy," and "those of England every day more desperate"; sending his love to Martha and Maria.
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