BIB_ID
361425
Accession number
MA 1029.85
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1798 Aug. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
"Th. J. to his dear Martha."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Discussing the health of Martha's daughter Ellen, and noting that she "appeared to be feverish the evening [Martha] went away," but since then "she has had no symptom of fever, and is otherwise better than when [Martha] left her."
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