BIB_ID
361411
Accession number
MA 1029.147
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1807 July 27.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Watermark: C Wilmott 1804. Watermark, infrared reflectography. C Wilmott 1804. 361411wm_MA_1029_147_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 dearest daughter."
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 dearest daughter."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Saying "it seems now tolerably probable that the British squadron in our bay have not in contemplation to commit any hostile act, other than the remaining there in defiance & bringing to the vessels which pass in & out, we are making all the arrangements preparatory to the possible state of war, that they may be going on, while we take our usual recess. in the course of three or four days a proclamation will be issued for calling Congress on some day in October;" relating his travel plan to Monticello.
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