BIB_ID
361428
Accession number
MA 1029.87
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1799 January 23.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.2 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 very 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 very dear Martha."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: London 1794.
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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