BIB_ID
361435
Accession number
MA 1029.88
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1799 February 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.9 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 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 dear Martha."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Curteis & Son 1794, fragment.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Asking her to tell Mr. Randolph about a bill to "raise 30. regiments of infantry cavalry & artillery, on the event of an invasion or in case of imminent danger of invasion in the opinion of the President" [George Washington]; reporting that the price of tobacco and "all other produce is higher in England than ever known"; discussing his plans for returning to Monticello.
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