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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Palmira Johnson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07150 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Monticello, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 September 1823 Pagination: 1 p. : free frank Height: 15.8 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Sends a lock of hair (not included) and a "likeness of the head also from which it is shorn as taken by [Gilbert] Stewart." Written in the third person.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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