61From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 12 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Not recollecting precisely the time you proposed to go to Philadelphia, I now take the liberty of asking you, as you pass through Wilmington to pay for me to the revd. Wm. Pryce four dollars which I owe him for a book, and have never before been able to find a channel of remittance: and then in Philadelphia to procure for me half a dozen bl of portable soup, and to subscribe for McCorkle’s...
62From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 18 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I owe Martin Wanscher 35. D. of which he now asks 15. or 20. will you be so good as to make him such a remittance? he lives at the corner of Prince’s & Fairfax streets Alexandria. Accept affectionate salutations. PoC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Mr. Barnes”; endorsed by TJ. owe : for plastering done at Monticello beginning 8 May. Wanscher most likely requested partial payment in a letter of 13...