Thomas Jefferson to Gordon, Trokes & Company, 30 December 1809
To Gordon, Trokes & Company
Monticello Dec. 30. 09.
Messrs Gordon Trokes & co.
I send you below another quarterly list of groceries which I will beg the favor of you to furnish me. Let them be very securely packed & sent by mr Randolph’s boatmen. mr Jefferson will be able to inform you when they are at Richmond. I have mentioned the article of Maccaroni, not knowing if they are to be had in Richmond. I have formerly been supplied from Sartori’s works at Trenton, who makes them well, and would be glad to supply you should the Richmond demand make it worth your while to keep them. I paid him 16. cents the pound. I am Gentlemen
Th: Jefferson
8.℔ young hyson tea
50.℔ coffee. Bourbon or E. India preferred.
80.℔ single refined sugar.
200.℔ brown sugar.
a box of raisins. say 10 ℔
10 ℔ currans
25.℔ rice. fresh if possible
10.℔ pearl barley
1. oz. cinnamon, mace & cloves, each.
2. oz. nutmeg. 6.℔ black pepper
6. bottles mustard.
3. doz. bottles Syrop of punch
15. galls French brandy.
20.℔ Maccaroni
1. keg crackers.
4. gross best velvet corks
1. keg tongues & sounds
5. barrels herrings
1. barrel of shad.
1. hogshead best molasses
PoC (MHi); endorsed by TJ.
On 29 Nov. 1808 TJ paid $8 for fifty pounds of macaroni from John Baptistesartori’s works. Sartori served as United States consul at Rome, 1797–1801, before opening a business in Trenton (, 2:1235; , Sec. of State Ser., 1:256, 2:340).
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- fish; herring search
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- food; herring search
- food; macaroni search
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- food; mustard search
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- Gordon, Trokes & Company (Richmond firm); and groceries for TJ search
- Gordon, Trokes & Company (Richmond firm); letters to search
- groceries; purchased by TJ search
- herring; TJ orders search
- household articles; corks search
- Jefferson, George (TJ’s cousin); and goods for TJ search
- macaroni search
- mace (spice) search
- molasses; provided to TJ search
- mustard; prepared search
- nutmeg search
- pepper; black search
- punch; syrup of search
- raisins; TJ orders search
- Randolph, Thomas Eston (TJ’s cousin); boats of, transfer goods search
- rice; TJ orders search
- Richmond, Va.; boats transfer goods to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; TJ orders groceries from search
- Sartori, John Baptiste search
- shad; TJ purchases search
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- spices; cinnamon search
- spices; cloves search
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