Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 November 1821
To Bernard Peyton
Pop. For. Nov. 16. 21.
Dear Sir
Winding up my yearly affairs here and just on my departure for Monticello I draw on you as follows.
in favor of
| James | Steptoe | 79. | 61. | this will be presentd immedly |
| Wm J. | Miller | 171. | 67 | payable 30th instant. |
| Bolling | 326. | 25 | with int. from ys date until paid.1 |
this last altho’ made payable immediately will not be presented until abt Xmas as I have good grounds to believe for which reason it bears int until called for. I shall be at home on the 20th and will spare no exertions which the river will permit to get down flour as fast as possible. ever & affectly yours
Th:J.
Dft (MHi); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “Colo B. Peyton”; endorsed by TJ.
On this date TJ recorded that he paid James C. steptoe the above sum as assignee of a debt that TJ owed to William Mitchell and Robert Mitchell “on account of flour Oct. 5. 19.” After deducting $50 that William Mitchell directed TJ to pay toward his subscription to the University of Virginia, this settled the full debt, which at this point was $120.51, including $9.10 in “int. to the 30th inst.” (, 2:1380). TJ paid William Mitchell’s $50 subscription a year later (Receipt from Alexander Garrett to TJ, 7 Oct. 1822 [MS in DLC; in Garrett’s hand and signed by him; endorsed by TJ]).
The draft for $171.67 described here as being for William J. miller represented payment of $166.67 in wages for 1820 due to Robert Miller, plus $5 interest on this sum for the period from 30 May to 30 Nov. 1821 (, 2:1381).
A missing letter of this date from TJ to Robert Miller is recorded in SJL with the additional bracketed notation: “ord. on B. Peyton for 171.67.”
1. Preceding two words interlined, with caret mistakenly placed following period.
Index Entries
- Bowling, James; and TJ’s debt to L. Bowling search
- Bowling, Lewis; TJ’s debt to search
- Central College; subscription for search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to L. Bowling search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to W. Mitchell search
- Miller, Robert (overseer); letter to accounted for search
- Miller, Robert (overseer); TJ pays search
- Miller, William J. (overseer); TJ pays search
- Mitchell, Robert; TJ’s debt to search
- Mitchell, William (of Lynchburg); and Central College–University of Virginia subscription search
- Mitchell, William (of Lynchburg); TJ’s debt to search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); flour from search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters to search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); TJ visits search
- Rivanna River; water level of search
- Steptoe, James Callaway; and TJ’s debt to W. and R. Mitchell search