BIB_ID
361420
Accession number
MA 1029.82
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1798 April 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.6 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.
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.
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Watermark: Curteis & Son.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Discussing his health and the health of her sister Maria's family; commenting on the signs of spring in Philadelphia, and observing that "we have near two months in the year of vegetable life, and of animal happiness so far as they are connected, more in our canton than here"; noting that "letters ... from France give reason to believe they do not mean to declare war against us; but that they mean to destroy British commerce with all nations"; telling her that he bought a harpsichord for her sister Maria; mentioning a purchase of fruit trees, and commenting on the "difficulty of procuring horses for the farm."
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