Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 5 June 1821
To Bernard Peyton
Monticello June 5. 21.
Dear Sir
I recieved yesterday a letter from mr Yancey informing me that on the 25th of May he sent off 7. hhds of tobo for me, and I learnt at the Shadwell mills that they had sent off 89. barrels of flour. both articles I trust are with you by this time. I therefore put under your cover two letters for Glinn & co. and Fr. Mayo, covering orders on you the former for 100.D. the latter for 127.12½ D which be so good as to deliver and pay as soon as you have the funds in hand.
I observe you advertize fish for sale. I will pray you to send 6. Barr[els] of Herrings by a Lynchbg boat addressed to mr A. Robertson, and 4. barrels to this place of herrings, and 1. of shad. Johnson does not run his boat constantly since the price has been raised, and Gilmore has left us. there is a mr Kirby who I am told is faithful and ma[y] be trusted with my things. a reason for my former preference of Gilmore & Johnson was that both were my tenants, and it secured my rents. Be so good as to send me Wettenhall’s Greek Grammar made English by Farrand, a copy of the Orbis pictus, and 2 copies of Ainsworth’s Dictionary abridged; and if they are to be had divide[d] into 2. volumes each they will be preferred. affectionately yours.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of otherwise unlocated letter from Joseph Wilson to TJ, 23 Apr. 1821 (see note to TJ to Wilson, 10 May 1821); edge trimmed; at foot of text: “Capt Peyton”; endorsed by TJ.
TJ retained abstracts of the enclosed letters for glinn & co. and fr. mayo, both dated 5 June 1821. For the payment to Robert R. Glinn & Company he noted that he “inclosed an order on B. Peyton for 100.D. on acct of my note in favor of mrs Laporte of which they inform me they are the holders” (FC in MHi; written in TJ’s hand on a small scrap). In his financial records for that date, he added that the note was given “as security for Mrs. Laporte ante Nov. 2” (, 2:1375). At 2 Nov. 1820 TJ recorded that he “Gave my note for securityship for Mrs. Laporte for the purchase of groceries or other goods to the amt. of 100.D. payable 90.D. [i.e., days] from date of credit” (, 2:1370). For the payment to Frederick A. Mayo TJ noted that he “Inclosed him ord. on Capt B. Peyton for 127. D 12½ C amt of his acct for book binding & thanks for Seybert’s Statistical Annals” (FC in MHi; written in TJ’s hand on a small scrap).
Index Entries
- A Compendious System of Greek Grammar (E. Wettenhall; ed. W. P. Farrand) search
- Ainsworth, Robert; Latin and English Dictionary abridged search
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- books; dictionaries search
- Farrand, William P.; editsA Compendious System of Greek Grammar (E. Wettenhall) search
- fish; herring search
- fish; shad search
- flour; from Shadwell search
- food; herring search
- food; shad search
- Gilmore, Joseph; as TJ’s tenant search
- Gilmore, Joseph; Milton boatman search
- Greek language; grammars search
- herring; TJ orders search
- Hoole, Charles; translatesOrbis Sensualium Pictus (J. A. Komenský [Comenius]) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; binding of books search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; receives works search
- Johnson, William (boatman); rents Milton lands search
- Johnson, William (boatman); transports goods from Richmond search
- Kirby, Mr. (boatman) search
- Komenský (Comenius), Jan Amos; Orbis Sensualium Pictus (trans. C. Hoole) search
- Laporte, Victoire (Peter Laporte’s wife); TJ provides credit for search
- Latin language; dictionaries search
- Mayo, Frederick August; binds books for TJ search
- Mayo, Frederick August; letters to accounted for search
- Mayo, Frederick August; TJ pays search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); fish for search
- Orbis Sensualium Pictus (J. A. Komenský [Comenius]; trans. C. Hoole) search
- Peyton, Bernard; and fish for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s tobacco search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters to search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); fish for search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); tobacco grown at search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Robert R. Glinn & Company (Richmond firm); letter to accounted for search
- Robert R. Glinn & Company (Richmond firm); TJ pays search
- Robertson, Archibald; receives goods for TJ search
- Seybert, Adam; Statistical Annals search
- shad; TJ purchases search
- Shadwell mills; flour from search
- Statistical Annals (A. Seybert) search
- tobacco; shipment of search
- Wettenhall, Edward; A Compendious System of Greek Grammar (ed. W. P. Farrand) search
- Yancey, Joel (d.1833); as superintendent of Poplar Forest search