1Enclosure: Memorandum on a Shipment of Halibut and Cod, 13 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandum 2 boxes. containing the dried parts of Halibut 2 Kegs. of Cod sounds & tongues, each seperate, and in pickle, only one has a few fins of the Halibut packed in it, no more of the last could be procured as the fishermen are not in the habit of curing it. It will be necessary to let the sounds & tongues remain in water at least a day before eating to take off the salt, but those not...