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Autograph letter signed : Poplar Forest, to his daughter Martha, 1817 Aug. 31.

BIB_ID
361509
Accession number
MA 1029.176
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1817 Aug. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
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 ever dear Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Acknowledging the request from the "Freemason societies of Charlottesville to be permitted to lay the first brick of the central college" and "consenting freely;" telling her that "Ellen and Cornelia are the severest students I have ever met with. they never leave their room but to come to meals. about twilight of the evening, we sally out with the owls & bats, and take our evening exercise on the terras."