Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Account with the Estate of Bathurst Skelton, [ca. 11 June 1810]
Enclosure
Statement of Account with the Estate of Bathurst Skelton
Articles of the personal estate of Bathurst Skelton decd which came to the hands of Th: Jefferson, & which stand in account to the credit of that estate.
£ s d | ||
1772. Jan. 18. | By amount of houshold articles, as per inventory recorded | 65–10–10½ |
1774. Apr. 16. | By credit with T M Randolph for a gun of B.S. sold him by J. Wayles | 10–15– 0 |
76– 5–10½ |
Articles of the personal estate of Bathurst Skelton decd which having been taken in execution for the judgment of Farrell & Jones, were bought at public sale for Th: Jefferson, & their amount accounted for by him to the exrs of John Wayles, who having paid the whole debt of B.S. to Farrell & Jones, recieved by themselves or their testator the proceeds of the sales.
1772. June 24. | By purchased of the sheriff of Chas city for Th:J. at public sale | £ s d |
a case of mathematical instruments 13/ Ferguson’s astronomy 12/ | 1–5–0 | |
Cotton’s Virgil 2/6. Rod. Random 5/ the world 10/ Pope 26/ | 2–3–6 | |
a pipe of wine | 41–0–0 | |
44–8–6 |
Th: Jefferson
PoC (DLC: TJ Papers, 190:33834); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated.
Index Entries
- astronomy; books on search
- Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles (J. Ferguson) search
- Cotton, Charles; Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie search
- Farell & Jones (British firm); B. Skelton’s account with search
- Farell & Jones (British firm); J. Wayles’s account with search
- Ferguson, James; Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles search
- Gilliam v. Fleming; and settlement of accounts search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Ladd, Thomas; and Gilliam v. Fleming search
- Pope, Alexander; TJ purchases works of search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); mentioned search
- Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie (Cotton) search
- Skelton, Bathurst; and Gilliam v. Fleming search
- Wayles, John (TJ’s father-in-law); and Farell & Jones search
- Wayles, John (TJ’s father-in-law); and Gilliam v. Fleming search
- wine; TJ purchases from B. Skelton estate search