BIB_ID
361438
Accession number
MA 1029.156
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1808 June 21.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.5 cm
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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."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Saying he has arrived safely after a stop for dinner at Montpelier and that Mr. Madison arrived the following day while Mr. Gallatin & Rodney are still absent; reporting that Mr. Ogilvie has been lecturing "with universal applause;" discussing the supply of groceries at Monticello; adding that "all doubt of the election of mr. Madison has vanished, altho' some of the New York papers still keep up an useless fire."
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