Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1820
From Bernard Peyton
Rich’d 24 July 1820
Dear Sir,
Your esteemed favor 21 current, covering the bills of exchange I forwarded you, was recd last evening, & I have this morning disposed of the same at par, which is the highest rate for Small bills: After deducting 1 ⅌r Ct Commission, you have credit for $1059.45, out of which, agreeable to your request, I enclose herewith $225—will by this mail enclose $200 to Mr John Vaughan of Philadelphia, & when your draft for $152.90 is presented, it shall be paid—which will leave due you, after deducting my account of $56.31, & discounts $88.—$337.24 at your credit—
The United States Bank consented to receive your note endorsed by Thos J. Randolph Esqr without the additional name of P. Gibson, which enables you to keep your promise to him.
The notes for the Farmers & Virginia Banks are just the same exactly, save the difference in the names of the two Banks, as you will observe by the blank sent, a space is left before the word “Bank,” in the body of the note, to be filled up with “Farmers”, if it is intended for that Bank, or left, if it is for the other.
With great respect Dr sir
Bernard Peyton
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 26 July 1820 and so recorded in SJL; additional notations by TJ beneath endorsement:
| “bill | 1070 | .15 |
| commn | 10 | .70 |
| cash | 225 | . |
| Vaughan | 200 | |
| White | 152 | .90 |
| Peyton | 56 | .31 |
| discts Etc | 88 | . |
| balance | 337 | .24 |
| 1070 | .15.” |
RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Frederick A. Mayo, 3 Jan. 1822, on verso; addressed: “Mr Thomas Jefferson Monticello Milton”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 24 July. Enclosure not found.
Index Entries
- Bank of the United States, Second, Richmond branch of; TJ’s loan from search
- Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- banks; currency issued by search
- currency; for TJ search
- currency; paper search
- Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s loan from Second Bank of U.S. search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to J. W. White search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Bank of Virginia search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Second Bank of U.S. search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells land search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and currency for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and sale of TJ’s Pouncey’s tract search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s loan from Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s loan from Second Bank of U.S. search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Pouncey’s tract (TJ’s Albemarle Co. property) search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); endorses bank notes search
- Vaughan, John (1756–1841); and payments made for TJ search
- White, Jacob W.; TJ’s debt to search