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Memorandum Books, 1826

1826.71

Jan. 3. Mary R. pocket money 2.D. hhd. xp. .13.
Desired B. Peyton to remit 20.D. to Harrison Hall for the Portfolio to the end of the current year, and wrote to Hall to discontinue my sbscrption. after that.
4. Hhd. xp. .50 ink .25.
8. Sewers 1. oysters .75.
10. Hhd. xp. .60.
14. Chisolm’s Lewis 3. days work opening flue of Appendix72 3.50.
15. Hhd. xp. .85. 18. Do. .50.
21. Desired Bernard Peyton to remit 39.37 to Jonathan Thompson N. Y. freight duties and charges on 300. bot. wine and 5. cases oil, anchovies, maccaroni, from Dodge & Oxnard Marseilles.
23. Hhd. xp. .50.
Feb. 1.
Stock of wine  old stock 
 on hand
 now
 recievd. 
Total 
 vin rouge de Bergasse  142 142
 red Ledanon  37  150 187
 blanquette de Limoux  49  49
 Muscat de Rivesalte  36  150 186
 Claret from Richmond   22   22
 286 586
 Scuppernon. quant. suf. 
 Virgin oil of Aix  *  36
 Anchovies  *  12
 Maccaroni  *  112¾ ℔
 
6. Drew on B. Peyton in favr. of Raphael for 250.D.
7. Recd. of Raphael 53.33.
Paid Leitch the 25.D. ante Dec. 27. Lee 4.25 for beef.
Paid John W. Davies 6.D. for the Alb. library co. sbscrptn. for 1825.
8. Drew on Raphael in favr. B. F. Randolph for 30.D. and of M. Lewis Randolph for 60 D. tuition fees at University.
Gave to B. F. Randolph 1.D. to M. L. Randolph 1.D.
9. Gave a further ord. on Raphael for 60.D. for same purpose.
14. Gave Mr. Hatch ord. on Raphael for 40.D. for Lewis’s last half year’s tuition and my last year’s contribn.
15. B.F.R. for an Atlas .75 M.L.R. for do. .75.
18. Hhd. xp. .16. 19. Do. 1.D. Sewers of the present month 1.D.
22.
Drew on B. Peyton in favr.  Raphael last quarters bill 195.07
A. St. Cl. Heiskell do. 131.10
Fr. B. Dyer 2d. instalmt. church ante Mar. 31.  66.67
392.84
23. Hhd. xp. 1.D.
25. Pd. Jones for instrumts. for B.F.R. 3.75.
26. Hhd. xp. .50.
Mar. 5. Do. .50. 6. B. & L. Randolph 2.D.
19. Sewers 1.D. 20. Hhd. xp. .50. 23. Do. .25. 25. Do. .75.
26. Hhd. xp. 1.75.
27. Drew on B. Peyton in favor Jacobs & Raphael for 100.D.
Mar. 29. Recd. from Raphael (by B.F.R.) 43.5.
Pd. (by B.F.R.) to  Casey. slippers 2.50
Lee tallow & beef   12.05
Isaacs cheese 5.67
Jones books 9.75
Garrett. oysters 13  
cash .53
43.50
31. Hhd. xp. 1.62½.
Apr. 1. Recd. of Raphael 56.50. Apr. 2. 4. shads 1.D.
3. Mosby D. S. & co. for butter 1.5 Lee beef 7.98.
5. Ben & Lewis pocket money 2.D. 7. Hhd. xp. .75.
8. Hhd. xp. .75. 9. Do. .37½. 12. 4 shads 1.D.
13. Pd.  Pollock acct. for leather 20.80.
14. Burwell his annual gratuity 20.D.
16. Sm. xp. 1.50 + .87½ sewers 1.D.
18. Desired B. Peyton to remit 124.61 to E. Copeland jr. of Boston for Messrs. Dodge & Oxnard of Marseilles for the wines &c. recd. ante Feb. 1.
Gave order on Jas. Leitch in favor of Dr. Massie for Chas. Massie for 20.40. for 102. galls. cyder.
22. Hhd. xp. .25. 23. Do. 1.25. 24. Do. .50.
29. Repd. Burwell for fish 1.D.
May 1. N. Trist for shaving soap .37½.
4. Drew on B. Peyton in favr. Jacobs & Raphael 70.D. & recd. 70.D. from J. & R.
Pd. Lee for veal 2.50.
5. B. & L. R.73 2.D. hhd. xp. 10.D.
Repd. Lietch the 20.40 ante Apr. 18.
6. Inclosed to Henry Niles 10.D. for his Register for the last year (omitted) and this year, now due.
Gave J. Hemings his annual gratuity 20.D.
10. Perfume .37½.
13. Gave J. Hemings ord. on Raphael for 12.D. worth of clothing.
14. Sewers 1.D.
18. Drew on B. Peyton in favor of Raphael 180.D. to wit
 his bill of last quarter  146.28  }  = 180
 recd. cash 33.72 
Pd. for chest of drawers from T. E. Randolph 8.D.
19. Pd. Vowles for painted labels74 3.D.
21. Hhd. xp. 10.D.
22. Drew on B. Peyton in favr. A. St. C. Heiskell for 100.D.
 this pays his quarterly bill for  87.94½ }  = 100
 and recd. cash for balance 12.05½
Pd. Lee for meats 7.55½.
June 1. Pd. do. for do. 6.81.
2. Benjam. F. Randolph his monthly 2.D. do. for Lewis’s do. 2.D.
4. Sewers 1.D. hhd. xp. 10.D.
7. Drew on B. Peyton in favor of Jac. & Raphael for 50.D.
Recd. of Raphael 50.D. pd. Isaacs cheese 2.9.
Watts75 binding books 32.33 charity 2.D.
 
June 12. Shew of horsemanship 4.50 + .50.
13. Dr. Emmet76 for a book 1.50 Lee for veal 1.37.
2[ ].77 Isaacs for cheese 4.84.

[1815.16]    1816.17     Average.   Notes  
negro clothing *226. 31  *528 .28 
iron & steel 1096 ℔ *112. 26 1212. *114 .57
nails 41. 81 91 .
whiskey 40¾ 38. 63 24⅛ 24 .80
brandy & rum 31. 79. 43 18⅛ 54 .38
salt 7. sacs 61. 11. 74 .50
sugar brown 330 89. 30 245. 53 .82
    white 178½ 96. 21 244¾ 102 .37
tea 15. 59. 22 85 .
coffee 120 47. 51 81. 29
†other groceries 84. 38 172 .94
dry goods 425. 85 537 .81
‡Miscellaneous 82. 16 86 .70
Total 1385. 4478 1955 .66
 
Table provisions 269. 06 289 .38
houshold small exp. 165. 92 98 .62
wines 371. 31 291 .67
books 757. 47 456 .
bread & provender 2106. 10 1752 .92
taxes 490. 59 480 .80
horses, mules, oxen 355. 65 205 .
superintendance 933. 33 1349 .
Mechanics 356. 72 369 .25
Medical & religs. 45. 09 180 .
transportation 61. 71 46 .25
travelling 133. 58 134 .17
Miscellaneous 564. 383 .73
Total.
1817.18.     1818.19.       [Average]  
negro clothg. *587. 19  199.10 
+  117.90
317
iron & steel *679 ℔ 60. 97 828 ℔  69.45
nails 41. 81  91.
whiskey. 7⅛ 6. 30 14½  14.50
brandy & rum 24⅜ 51. 63 44¾ 124.56
salt. 54. 50  52.50
Sugar brown 484 98. 38 255.  53.58
   white 242½ 80. 75 253  91.86
tea. 14 39. 21.  52.50
coffee. 73 27. 38 90.  37.65
†other groceries 120.  61.74
dry goods 424. 47 375.
miscellans. 137. 09 132.97
Total
Table provns. 478. 45 208.59
small hhd. exp. 113. 13  83.20
wines. 442. 320.
books. 433. 75 481.62
bread & provendr. 986. 38 484.73
taxes. 294. 87 255.91
horses, mules, oxen 160.
Superintendce. 866. 67 866.67
mechanics 300. 25 328.17
medecne. & relign. 4.  20.
transportn. 49. 75  50.
travelling 126. 70 160.30
Miscellaneous 912. 70 712.32
Total

 *during the years 15. 16. 17. I provided the whole estate

 †other groceries e.g. rice, cheese, candles, oil, raisins, soap, spices &c.

 ‡tools, ironmongery &c.

71TJ wrote “1726.”

72The Appendix was the name for the second-floor bedroom over TJ’s cabinet (Cornelia J. Randolph plan of Monticello, ViU).

73 Benjamin and Meriwether Lewis Randolph.

74 John Vowles, a painter and glazier at the University, may have provided for TJ’s grandsons the small painted panels which identified the occupants of the University rooms (Bruce, University of Virginia, i, 258, ii, 206-7 description begins Philip A. Bruce, History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919, New York, 1920-1922, 5 vols. description ends ).

75 Ebenezer Watts was a Charlottesville bookbinder (Rawlings, Early Charlottesville, pp. 6, 79 description begins Mary Rawlings, ed., Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander 1828-1874, Charlottesville, Va., 1942 description ends ; Watts to TJ, 22 Apr. 1826).

76 John Patten Emmet (1796-1842) was professor of natural history, and later of chemistry and materia medica, at the University of Virginia from 1825 until his death (Clemons, Notes on the Professors, pp. 30-4 description begins Harry Clemons, Notes on the Professors for Whom the University of Virginia Halls and Residence Houses Are Named, Charlottesville, Va., 1961 description ends ).

77The second digit is not certainly decipherable. On 24 June TJ was stricken with his final illness and he died on 4 July. For his final days see Malone, Jefferson, vi, 496-9 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends , and James A. Bear, Jr., “The Last Days in the Life of Thomas Jefferson,” MACH, xxxii (1974), 63-79.

78Correct totals for each year are: for 1815, $1,443.85 and $6,610.53; for 1816, $1,955.50 and $6,036.79; for 1817, $1,729.47 and $5,168.65; and for 1818, $1,474.31 and $3,971.51. In ViU, at the end of 1815, is a similar chart which includes only the upper group of items for each year, that is, supplies purchased on credit from Charlottesville merchant James Leitch. In the ViU chart TJ provided totals for each of the four years, computed averages, and included a scheme for reducing his annual store account to $1,000.

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