III. Statement of Account with William Short, [ca. 13 April–May 1800]
III. Statement of Account with William Short
William Short in account with Th: Jefferson
| 1793. | Cr. | Dollars | ||
| Nov. 22. | By cash of Patrick Kennon | 109.83 | ||
| [1794.] | ||||
| Jan. 1. | By int. on stock recd. from US. (by self.) | 390.62 | ||
| Apr. 1. | By do. | (J. Ross.) | 390.62 | |
| July 1. | By do. | Lownes | 390.62 | |
| Oct. 1. | By do. | do. | 390.62 | |
| 1795. | ||||
| Jan. 1. | By do. | do. | 390.62 | |
| Apr. 1. | By do. | Barnes. | 390.62 | |
| By nett proceeds 2. certif. of stock sold by do. | 3741.60 | 4132.22 | ||
| May. 8. | By do. certif. 3. pr, Ct. 2355.01 D @ 11/7 = | 1364.52 | ||
| deferred 2150. @ 14/ = | 1505. | |||
| 2869.52 | ||||
| charges | 15.22 | 2854.30 | ||
| July 1. | By nett proceeds of certif. for 7504.42 deferrd. stock @ 14/5 | 5379.53 | ||
| By int. on stock recd from US. by Barnes | 314.55 | 5694.08 | ||
| 1796. | ||||
| Mar. 5. | By int. for Oct. 1. 95. & Jan. 1. 96. recd. by J. Barnes | 625.95 | ||
| 10. | By dividend of principal now payable. recd by J.B. | 306.84 | ||
| off ½ p.c. commn. | 1.54 | 305.30 | ||
| Apr. 1. | By int. on stock recd from US. by J. Barnes | 230.13 | ||
| By principal of do. now payable | 84.42 | |||
| 314.55 | ||||
| off ½ p.c. commn. | 1.55 | 313. | ||
| July 1. | By int. & principal recd from US. by J. Barnes | 313. | ||
| Aug. 1. | By rent from Charles Lively for 96. | 20. | ||
| Dec. 27. | By int. & princip. of stock recd from US. by J. Barnes | 313. | ||
| 1797. | ||||
| Feb. 8. | By do. | 621.39 | ||
| off commn. | 3.11 | 618.28 | ||
| 14. | By rent from Price for 96. | 20. | ||
| Apr. 10. | By do. from Haden for 96. | 40. | ||
| June. 30. | By do. from Cornelius for 96. | 66.67 | ||
| July 1. | By int. &c. for Apr. 1. & July 1. now recd from US. by J.B. | 629.10 | ||
| off commn. | 3.15 | 625.95 | ||
| Oct. 19. | By int. for Oct. 1. now recd. of US. by J. Barnes nett. | 313. | ||
| 1798. | ||||
| Jan. 17. | By int. & princ. of stock recd from US. by J.B. | 6. p.ct. | 536.97 | |
| 3. p.ct. | 84.42 | |||
| 621.39 | ||||
| off. commn. | 3.11 | 618.28 | ||
| Apr. 4. | By int. of stock now recd from US. by J.B. 314.55–1.55 | 313. | ||
| July 3. | By do. 6 p.ct. 230.13 + 3 p.ct. 82.42 = 312.55 off commn. 1.55 | 311. | ||
| 27. | By rent from Cornelius for 97. | 66.67 | ||
| Aug. 6. | By do. from Lively for 97. | 20. | ||
| 17. | By do. from Price for 97. | 20. | ||
| 19,666.63 | ||||
| D | ||||
| Brought forward | Cr | 19,666.63 | ||
| 1798. | ||||
| Oct. 3. | By int. on stock recd from US. by J. Barnes 314.55–1.55 | 313. | ||
| Nov. 21. | By cash from E. Pendleton for E. Randolph on acct. US. | £500 | 1666.67 | |
| Dec. 31. | By do. | £300 | 1000. | |
| 1798.1 | ||||
| Jan. 14. | By do. | £400 | 1333.33 | |
| Sep. 29. | By Lively’s | rent for 98. | 20. | |
| Oct. 1. | By Haden’s | do. for 97 | 40. | |
| 7. | By Price’s | do. for 98. | 20. | |
| 24,059.63 | ||||
| 1795. | Dr. | Dollars | ||
| Apr. 1. | To pd Pollard for D. Ross for 20. canal shares @ 18/ | 3600. | ||
| 20. To pd Wm. C. Carter in part for lands. Indian camp | 900. | |||
| 22. | To do. | 2000 | ||
| June 3. | To do. | 600. | ||
| 5. | To do. | 600. | ||
| 6. | To do. | 100 | ||
| 7. | To do. | 100 | ||
| 8. | To do. | 100 | ||
| 9. | To do. | 100 | ||
| 10. | To do. | 100 | ||
| 11. | To do. | 100. | ||
| 24. | To pd Heron & Pollard for 7. Jas. R. canal shares @ £54. & Pollard’s comn. | 1272.50 | ||
| Aug. 3. | To pd W. C. Carter for lands in full | 524.83 | ||
| 12. | To pd Harrison for 6. Jas. R. canal shares @ 18/ and commn. | 1090.75 | ||
| 1796 | ||||
| Dec. 26. | To pd Chas. Johnston requisitions on loan for canal shares | 135. | ||
| 1797. | ||||
| Jan. 3. | To pd Chas. Johnston do. | 543.18 | ||
| Aug. 14. | To pd Jesse Lewis a Commissioner’s ticket for your land | .40 | ||
| Sep. 1. | To pd Charles Johnston 3d. requisition for canal shares | 330. | ||
| 12,196.66 | ||||
| Brought forward | Dr. | 12,196.66 | ||
| 1799. | ||||
| Jan. 9. | To deposited for you in J. Barnes’s hands, who now opens acct with you | 1200. | ||
| Feb. 22. | To do. | 900. | ||
| 25. | To do. | 150. | ||
| Nov. 21. | To paid taxes for your Green sea lands for 93.4.5.7. | 5. | ||
| Balance due W. Short exclusive of interest | 9607.97 | |||
| 24,059.63 | ||||
MS (ViW); entirely in TJ’s hand; arranged by TJ with the debit column to the left of the credit column, although without aligning dates in the two columns; both columns carried forward and completed on verso of page. Enclosed in TJ to Short, 13 Apr. 1800.
Perhaps in preparation for this statement TJ made extracts of his financial memoranda for the payments from Edmund Pendleton recorded above under 21 Nov., 31 Dec. 1798, and 14 Jan. 1799. Those transactions appear in TJ’s memorandum books under 8 and 22 Jan. 1799. On the same page of extracts TJ also copied his financial memoranda detailing the deposits made to Short’s credit on 9 Jan. and 22, 25 Feb. 1799. In addition he made the notation, “Sep. 16. see an entry of no acct.,” referring to an entry he added to the margin of his financial memoranda at 16 Sep. 1799 regarding two sums he first recorded as charged to Short but then changed after hearing from John Barnes (MS in MoSHi: Jefferson Papers; entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; at head of text: “Mm book. 1799. Extracts”; the note about 16 Sep. 1799 follows the extract from 25 Feb. and the 22 Jan. extract comes last; in left margin TJ indicated the appropriate page numbers of his financial memoranda; the February 1799 extracts and the reference to 16 Sep. 1799 have been struck through by a single diagonal stroke); see , 2:996–8, 1006, and TJ to Barnes, 16 Sep. 1799.
According to TJ’s financial memoranda it was not to Jesse Lewis but to James Lewis that he made the payment of 40 cents on 14 Aug. 1797 (, 2:968–9).
1. Thus in MS, but should be “1799.”