BIB_ID
361504
Accession number
MA 1029.171
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1815 Aug. 31.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.8 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 arrived safely and that "the story of the neighborhood immediately was that I had brought a croud of workmen to get ready my house in a hurry for Bonaparte. were there such people only as the believers in this, patriotism would be a ridiculous passion;" relating news of the drought and its effect on his crops; wishing for news from home.
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