BIB_ID
361483
Accession number
MA 1029.162
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1808 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Watermark: John Wise 1804. Watermark, infrared reflectography. John Wise 1804. 361483wm_MA_1029_162_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 dearest 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 dearest Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Enclosing a letter from Jefferson "which I presume will inform you he is well;" providing instructions on how to open her watch which he sent to her the previous week; saying he has been "confined to the house these 3. weeks with a swelled face. for 4. or 5. days I suffered much but was relieved by a suppuration & have since been able to extract the tooth. there is too much swelling still to go out, but I hope to be able to take my usual rides in 3. or 4. days more."
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