BIB_ID
361501
Accession number
MA 1029.170
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1815 Aug. 13.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 14.4 cm
Notes
In the hand of Nicholas P. Trist, with "Copy" at the top of the page and this note in the left margin and signed by Trist with his initials: "The original given to Mr. Felton for his daughter / N.P.T./ June 23, '62."
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
Telling her he cannot "attend the Buckingham court of this month...because that is tomorrow. I Know also that the trial of the question cannot be at the Same court at which the two wills are presented. Time must be given to Summon witnesses, and I Suppose I shall be Served with a Summons notifying the day I must appear.'
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