Manuscripts

Thomas Jefferson indenture/ marriage settlement for Mary Jefferson

Description: Autograph draft. Indenture between Francis and Elizabeth Eppes, their son John Wayles Eppes, and Thomas Jefferson and his daughter Mary Jefferson, regarding her marriage to John Wayles Eppes. Draft version omits names of enslaved persons, see more complete version in Founders Online. (3 pages)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1797
Call number: HM 5676
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from American Art Association, 1920, 1921.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1915-1920.; Purchased from Maggs Bros. 1916, 1918.

Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, letter to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (postscript)

Manuscripts

Letterpress copy. Postscript only, item was housed with Jefferson letterpress copy to John Wayles Eppes, 1801 March 28.

HM 5708

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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, letter to John Wayles Eppes

Manuscripts

Polygraph copy; endorsed by Jefferson. Includes contract by Jefferson to send enslaved persons worth $4000 to Eppes. (2 pages)

HM 5902

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Thomas Jefferson collection

Manuscripts

The Thomas Jefferson collection contains correspondence and documents; architectural drawings, plans, and surveys; accounts; and notebooks dating from 1764 to 1826. The bulk of the collection is correspondence and includes letters to Jefferson as well as letters from him, which are mostly letterpress and polygraph copies of outgoing letters created by him. Correspondence pertains to Jefferson's political career as governor of Virginia, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and president; most letters from his post-presidency concern the founding of the University of Virginia. Also present are numerous letters to various family members, especially daughters Martha Jefferson Randolph and Mary Jefferson Eppes and their husbands Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and John Wayles Eppes, which discuss family activities, education, travel plans, and health. Many items in this collection relate to Jefferson's properties and estates, especially Monticello and Poplar Forest; letters, documents, and account books concern horticulture, crops and tobacco, and seeds, as well as household expenses, finances, and goods. Several items pertain to or mention slavery and enslaved persons as well as Native Americans—see Scope and Contents notes for more information. The architectural drawings, plans, and surveys in the collection primarily depict land and properties in Virginia, with many representing Monticello and the surrounding area. Architectural drawings also include those created by Jefferson for the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, the Virginia capitol and the city of Richmond, and the Hôtel de Langeac in Paris. Volumes in the collection include account books, a memoranda book, legal case and fee books, and a daybook of market accounts kept by Jefferson's maître d'hôtel Étienne Lemaire during his second presidential term. Also present are parts for Jefferson's polygraph machine.

mssJefferson

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Thomas Jefferson letter to Palmira Johnson

Manuscripts

Autograph draft initialed (third person). Item is undated; copy in Founders Online is dated September 27. (1 page)

HM 5925

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Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., letter to Stephen W. Johnson

Manuscripts

Polygraph copy? (third person); endorsed by Jefferson. Recipient identified as Stephen W. Johnson by Founders Online. (1 page)

HM 5778

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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, letter to Thomas Worthington

Manuscripts

Autograph draft signed/author's copy; endorsed by Jefferson. Written on reverse of reused addressed cover. (1 page)

HM 5940

Thomas Jefferson indenture/ marriage settlement for Mary Jefferson

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