BIB_ID
361561
Accession number
MA 1029.183
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
[1819] July 28.
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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.
The year of writing is not provided, however Mr. Cathalan died in 1819.
To "my dearest 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.
The year of writing is not provided, however Mr. Cathalan died in 1819.
To "my dearest Martha."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Reporting that he has just learned of "the death of my old & valuable friend Cathalan of Marseilles, an important loss to me, & at this time particularly requiring attention, as my orders are now on the way to him for the supplies of the year, & the money to pay for them;" instructing her on where to look for the papers that relate to the order and asking her to send them to him; commenting on a serious illness affecting Burwell.
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