Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Poplar Forest, to his daughter Martha, 1814 June 6.

BIB_ID
361499
Accession number
MA 1029.169
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1814 June 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Watermark: H Willmott. Watermark, infrared reflectography. H Willmott. 361499wm_MA_1029_169_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.
The letter does not include the year of writing; year of writing from the published letter.
To "my dear Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Relating news of a severe rain storm the previous night; referring to a project to "widen the Carlton road" to improve access to the house.