BIB_ID
361553
Accession number
MA 1029.180
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1818 Aug. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
Watermark: Dove holding leaf. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Dove, bird, leaf. 361553wm_MA_1029_180_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.
To "my dearest daughter."
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 dearest daughter."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Enclosing a letter for Dr. Cooper which he would like her to forward; reporting on his rheumatism and saying he has "tried once to-day the delicious bath & shall do it twice a day hereafter;" adding that although the "venison is plenty, and vegetables not wanting.....but little gay company here at this time and I rather expect to pass a dull time."
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