BIB_ID
361199
Accession number
MA 1029.23
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1791 Mar. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn inside, fragment. Watermark, infrared reflectography. Crown, shield, horn. 361199wm_MA_1029_23_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 dear 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 dear daughter."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Expressing his hope that her health is "perfectly reestablished" and "the little Anne is becoming a big one"; commenting on an "annular eclipse of the sun"; asking her to recommend Fulwar Skipwith to any friends she may have in Martinique or Guadaloupe; discussing the French Revolution ("Things are going on well in France, the revolution being past all danger") and civil wars in St. Domingue and Martinique; asking for "full details" on the subject of her garden.
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