1From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 4 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter to Mr. Eppes being of great consequence to me, and not knowing any other sure means of conveying it to him I take the liberty of inclosing it to you, and of begging the favor of you to send it by the first sure conveyance. I set out for Philadelphia three days hence. I hope Mrs. Hylton continues satisfied with our chaffer , and that she enjoys good health. Present my...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 9 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding that tobacco continues low in Virginia, whereas the price here for the best is about a guinea, I wish to make an experiment of bringing some of mine here. I have nobody at Richmond to act for me, and therefore on looking about for a friend to execute this commission, I feel a confidence in your being so good as to do it. I would wish to have 20 hogsheads sent to me by the first...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 1 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of Feb. 20. and should not so soon have troubled you with an answer, but that you mention that the Vis-a-vis has been long ago shipped for this place. This is the first news I have heard of it, and I imagined it still at your house. I now presume that some accident has happened respecting it, and will therefore thank you for the name of the vessel and captain by...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 5 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 12. came to hand a fortnight ago and having given me reason to expect that the bill of lading for the vis-a-vis would come within a post or two, I have delayed answering in order to make one job of it. But not recieving the bill of lading, I trouble you again to send it forward. In the mean time I had enquiry made at New York whether any such captain as Towles had arrived...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 15 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
By Capt. Stratton I have recieved the 4. hhds. of tobo. Among these is one of those which had been injured by fire, and serves sufficiently to shew that tobacco of that quality cannot be sold here at any price. I must therefore ask your particular attention that there be no more of the fired tobacco sent here. I understood there were about 14,000 ?., say 12 hhds. fired. Should there be no...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 10 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of May 29. came here after my departure on a journey to the lakes. That of June 17. is since recieved, and in consequence I send you a post-bank note for 21 D.-25. c. being the addition of 24/ to £5–3–6 as noted in your letter to be the probable amount of your disbursements for the 22. hhds. of tobo. forwarded by Capt. Stratton. He is not yet arrived. But the season admits of no...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 5 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I find that Capt. Stratton is arrived without bringing the residue of my tobo. of last year’s growth, which therefore delays the settlement and paiment for the whole crop. I must entreat you my dear Sir to send off this residue by the first vessel coming to this port, as the early setting in of the winter gives reason to expect the river will be soon blocked up, and it would be a serious...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 24 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Since mine to you of the 5th. yours of Nov. 12th. came to hand exactly a month after it was written. I have got the gentleman who purchased my tobacco to examine whether there was any which from it’s marks or other circumstances might not be mine. He says he was careful not to receive any but what was under my mark, that he has manufactured a part, and consequently cannot now reexamine the...
9From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 8 January 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to remit the inclosed bill to Mr. Randolph, my son in law, and unwilling to trust it to the post between Richmond and Charlottesville, I take the liberty of depositing it in your hands, and of asking the favor of you to hold it till Mr. Randolph either calls for it, or gives an order. I have given him notice of this.—Your favor of Dec. 22. is come safe to hand. If there be but...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 5 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
My letters to you are always letters of trouble. To lessen it I will omit all preface. Having occasion for a servant boy, who can shave, dress and follow me on horseback, and none such being to be had here, I have thought of a small French boy, Joseph, who came from Europe with Mr. Skipwith, lived sometime with Mr. Randolph my son in law, and is now with a barber in Richmond. I will thank you...
11From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 13 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of Feb. 12. and 19. have been duly received. Joseph arrived also, and I have forwarded the £4-19 say 16½ Dollars to Miss Hylton as you desired. I have concluded to have my tobo. of the last growth brought here also. It all comes from Bedford, and probably has begun to arrive at the warehouse. As Capt. Stratton plies regularly between Richmond and this place, and there will be...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 17 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Haunted nightly by the form of our friend Hanson, and anxious to be clear of him, I could not avoid noticing the inclosed advertisement of Mr. Banks, and supposing it may be satisfied by mine for the sale of my Elk hill lands, which answer pretty well his demand. The sale of these lands would exactly complete the provision for the last shilling of Hanson’s demand. You can readily judge...
13From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 26 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the receipt of your favor of the 10th. which was not till the 20th. inst. I commenced an enquiry into the chances of getting Miss Hylton carried back under the care of some of the ladies who will be returning. The list stands as follows: Colo. and Mrs. Monroe return in their own chariot with a pair of horses, and three persons in the carriage. Mrs. Griffin does not return at...
14From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 3 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 25. came to hand last night after the departure of the vessel which had brought my tobacco but I will avail myself of the first other one which shall be going to Richmond to send your looking glasses. To save you all the trouble in my power about the sale of the lands, I have prepared all the necessary papers, as far as could be done, and now inclose them. There is, in the...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 29 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your glasses are this day sent off by the Schooner Relief Capt. Welsh bound for Richmond, in a box marked dh . They have waited because I thought they would go safer with a number of packages of my own, than if sent alone. I am impatient to learn that all papers are duly executed with respect to the Elk hill lands. I am with great esteem Dear Sir your friend & servt. P.S. The captain delivers...
16From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 1 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your box containing 4. glasses, marked dh . goes by the Relief Capt. Welsh which has sailed this morning. It will be delivered to Mr. Brown, with my packages, and you had better be on the lookout lest it should be sent on with mine to Albemarle. Will you be so good, the moment they arrive, to drop a line by post to Mr. Randolph at Monticello, informing him of their arrival that he may send for...
17From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 29 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I am this moment favored with yours of the 13th. with respect to the sale of Elk hill. You know it is made for the payment of my part of Mr. Wayles’s debt to Farrell & Jones, and that by my bargain with Mr. Hanson, I am clear, if the security proves sufficient. This is my look out. As to a mortgage on 83,000 acres of land on Green briar and the back counties it is next to nothing at all in my...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 10 September 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 20.-Sep. 1. never came to my hands till yesterday. I have been ever since pondering on the proposition that Elkhill shall not be resorted to unless the 83,000 acre in Greenbriar should prove deficient, and I find it totally inadmissible. For see how it will work. The 83,000 I suppose are in a great number of surveys, say for example 83. surveys. The mortgage will not hinder...
19From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 22 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I am to acknolege the receipt of your favor of the 10th. and am puzzled what to say on the subject. My first object is to be sure of the price. The mortgage of the Green briar lands I consider as almost nothing, so distant, probably so worthless, so difficult to be got at by the law, and so little likely to be sold for even any thing. I do not know Dr. Taylor’s circumstances: but Mr. Eppes...
20From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 6 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
You will have received my letter of Nov. 22. two or three days after the date of yours of the 26. and this will in a great measure have answered yours. I therein expressed a wish to obtain Dr. Taylor’s bonds backed by some other responsible person, because two responsible persons are always necessary to secure ultimately against the accidents which may happen to one of them in the course of a...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 31 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
An offer to rent Elkhill for the ensuing year, and the advance of the season, have occasioned me to give the inclosed answer which I send open for your perusal. Should you have closed the sale, be so good as to return me the letter, or if you are certain of closing it within a reasonable time. Otherwise I will pray you to send it on, and if the sale be afterwards made, it will be necessary to...
22From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 20 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 9th. inst. and am happy that the sale of Elkhill is at length compleated. I would at once renew the deed here, but that there exists no such law of Congress as you suppose which could make a record here effectual to pass lands in Virginia. There is I believe some law of Virginia allowing a considerable time for the probat of deeds executed out of the...
23From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 18 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The bonds of Banks and Taylor which you were so kind as to take for my Elkhill lands, are destined to discharge bonds of mine to Mr. Jones of Bristol for Farrel & Jones, according to an agreement existing between Mr. Richard Hanson, attorney for Mr. Jones, and myself. Be pleased therefore to deliver the said bonds to Mr. Hanson, taking his receipt for them on the back of this order, which will...