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Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Patrick Gibson for Flour Sales, 13 April 1818

Enclosure

Account with Patrick Gibson for Flour Sales

Sales of Flour made on acct Thos Jefferson Esqr

1818
Feby 6th to A & J Otis 60d/– 50 bls srfine 10½ $ 525 .—
17 Edwd Williams cash 46 483 .—
Mar 24 Robertson & Dyer 60d/– 81 $769. 50
30 fine 9 270. 1039 .50 .
207 $ 2047 .50 .
Charges
Fret on 157 bls flour 4/– $104. 67
Toll on 207  21.56 Inspn  4.141 } 28. 80
Coope 3.10
storage on do 9d 25. 87
Commn on $2047.50 at 2½ pr ct 51. 19
 Expences on 1 bls light  . 40
210 .93 .
Nt proceeds $ 1836 .57 .
             EE Richmond 13 Apl 1818
Signed Patrick Gibson

on hand this day 40 bls sfine which I have offered at $8½.

MS (MHi); subjoined to covering letter, with second enclosure subjoined; in same hand as address cover of covering letter.

srfine: “superfine.” ee: “Errors Excepted.”

1Manuscript: “414.”

Index Entries

  • Asa & Joseph Otis (Richmond firm); buys TJ’s flour search
  • flour; at Richmond search
  • flour; sale of search
  • Gibson, Patrick; account with TJ search
  • Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s flour search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; Account with Gibson & Jefferson for Flour Sales search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
  • Richmond, Va.; flour shipped to search
  • Robertson & Dyer (firm); buys TJ’s flour search
  • Williams, Edward; buys TJ’s flour search