41Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I was duely favor’d with yours of the 1st: Inst: & am extremely thankful to you for your kind interfereance in my behalf with the President . I shall as you suggest remain profoundly silent on this subject until it is necessary to act, when I have no doubt of obtaining such letters from the respectable part of the society here, of all professions, & of my brother Officers of the late War, as...
42Thomas Jefferson to William Gray, 13 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ fortune has never so far befriended me as to procure me the advantage of a personal acquaintance with you, yet a harmony in political pursuits has not left us altogether strangers. on this unassuming ground I take the liberty of presenting to you a friend. Cap t Bernard Peyton , a commission merchant of Richmond proposing a tour to the North, wishes particularly to have the benefit of...
43Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 5 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I should have done myself this pleasure by the last Mail, but finding on my arrival M r Eppes had not reached Town & not having sufficient time to execute your order for the Harpsichord strings determined to defer it until to=day. M r Eppes has still not arrived, & as I had no blank of yours for the Farmers Bank of $2,500 instead of $3,000, was obliged to offer the note without the curtail,...
44Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Eppes reached Town on Friday last, & on saturday handed me five hundred $500 Dollars for your ℀, which is at your credit, & will be held subject to your order— Hoping the articles sent by the last mail may have reached you safely, remain— With sincere regard D r sir RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 11 Oct. 1820 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of
45Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in rec t this morning your esteemed favor covering J. W. Eppes ’s draft on the Virg a Bank for thirty five hundred $3,500 dollars payable to my order, which is drawn & at your credit, & will be paid to your orders as fast as called for— In the last three or four days have paid several small drafts of yours to various persons— I have met with the half of a delightful double Gloucester...
46Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I was favor’d last evening with your two esteemed favors of the 21st: & 23 d Inst: the latter addressed to “Capt: Craven Peyton ”; expecting tho’ it was a mistake, ventured to open it:— the former covered one addressed to R. Rush Esq r
47Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 2 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your esteemed favor 28 th ulto: did not reach me until this morning— When the additional drafts you speak of having drawn on me appear, they shall be honored, as have all that have yet been presented. The first Boat for Milton shall carry you the Oil written for in Jugs—Casks never failing to leak with Oil for the first five or six months, however tight they may be made: The Bolting Cloth I...
48Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 20 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favor’d this morning with yours of the 15th: Inst: & observe contents— Your draft favor M r Garland for $600 shall be paid on demand—all the others of which you have apprised me, have been presented & paid:— and a few days ago, by a Milton Boat, forwarded the 18 Gallons Linseed oil you wrote for , in a former letter , in 6 three Gallons Gallon Jugs, which I hope will reach Monticello
49Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 4 December 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your draft favor M r Garland for $600 has been presented & paid some time since, & I will on Wednesday next pay $500 towards your $3,000 note due at the Farmers Bank on that day, being the am t of curtail called for by them on that note. on Friday last rec d from Jefferson Randolph three Blank notes for the renewal your several notes under my management, which are in time, & shall be duely...
50Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account for Flour Sales, 5 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 51 Blls: super, 10 fine, & 3 x midlings Flour by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Tho s Jefferson 1821 Rich’d 5 Janu y To Lewis Ludlum for Cash in store