BIB_ID
361488
Accession number
MA 1029.165
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1809 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 14.5 cm
Notes
Watermark: Williams & (fragment). Watermark, infrared reflectography. Williams. 361488wm_MA_1029_165_Jefferson_WM_IR.jpg
Docketed.
General Dearborn served as Secretary of War under Jefferson from 1801-1809.
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.
General Dearborn served as Secretary of War under Jefferson from 1801-1809.
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
Asking her for "the name of a person for whom I applied to be made a Cadet;" he remembers that "it was through you that the application came" and he would like to pass it along to General Dearborn.
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