BIB_ID
361428
Accession number
MA 1029.87
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1799 Jan. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Watermark: London 1794. Watermark, infrared reflectography. London 1794. 361428wm_MA_1029_87_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 very 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.
To "my very dear Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Telling her that he is well and he loves her; asking about the health of her family; hoping she will be at Monticello when he returns; expressing anxiety about the "summer operations" at Monticello as he has heard nothing from Mr. Richardson about the hiring of laborers; commenting on a lost shipment of nail rod; sending "Gerry's correspondence & Pickering's report" for Mr. Randolph.
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