Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 2 March 1812
From Gibson & Jefferson
Richmond 2nd March 1812
Sir
we send you by mr. Johnson a Hhd of molasses— 10 Bus Burnett Seed the quarter Cask wine & 2 Boxes recd from Alexandria— a Bag of Corks & 12lb of almonds to serve untill we can [send]1 the bag ( which was recd from Alexandria2) which was by mistake put into a waggon with some other things & Sent to Lunenburg—
Gibson & Jefferson
⅌
James Ligon
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); in Ligon’s hand; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello” by “mr Johnson”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Gibson & Jefferson received 8 Mar. 1812, but recorded in SJL as received from the firm two days earlier.
1. Omitted word editorially supplied.
2. Manuscript: “Alexandia.”
Index Entries
- almonds; sent to TJ search
- boats; transfer goods to and from Richmond search
- burnet search
- corks; sent to TJ search
- food; almonds search
- food; molasses search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and food acquired by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and household articles acquired by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and seeds acquired by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); letters from search
- household articles; corks search
- Johnson, William (waterman); transports goods from Richmond search
- Ligon, James; clerk for Gibson & Jefferson search
- molasses; provided to TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boats transfer goods to and from search
- seeds; burnet search
- wine; sent to TJ search