61Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been duely favor’d with your two letters of the 3 d & 6th: of this Inst: —the first covering blank notes for the renewal of yours at the two Banks, which were in full time— On Friday last I rec d your stone Ware & forwarded the Hh’d containing it immediately by Brice Harlow ’s Boat for Milton , & hope it will reach you safely:— the maker represents the Ware as excellent, & informs me he...
62Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
By Mr. Johnson ’s Boat you will receve 1 Bll Seed Corn left with me by Jn o Ayres & C o of this City — RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “M r Tho s Jefferson
63Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 11 Inst: is now before me. I have by this days Mail, remitted, agreeable to your request, remitted Gen l H. A. S. Dearborn Collector of Boston , a Bank Check for Seventeen dollars five Cents $17 05 100 : & will receive & forward the Wine on its delivery here, by the first trusty Boatman—as well as defray the additional charges from
64Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 16 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 21 Barrels Fine Flour by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 16 Ap l To Lewis Ludlum for Cash in store
65Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 16th: reached me last evening, with its several enclosures. The three checks on the V a Bank from the Bursar of the University were duely paid, amounting to $1781.57, & I will forthwith proceed to execute your wishes by purchasing a bill on London for the nett sum of $1644, the first of which, together with your letter to M r Williams , shall go by the next ship to London or Liverpool
66Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have procured R. & T. Gwathmey ’s bill on London for £369.18; (of which the enclosed is a triplicate) & remitted to New York , to be forwarded by different Vessels, letters to M r Williams enclosing the duplicate, & first of these bills, together with your letter to M r W. , there being no vessel to sail from this place either to London or
67Cesario Bias (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Kirby s Boat you will receive 3 Boxes Wine Sent from the Custom House which have been delivered in good order if so delivered to you please pay fght: as customary. B. Peyton By C. Bias 3 Boxes RC ( MHi ); in Bias ’s hand; addressed: “ M r Tho
68Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 2 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 80 Barrels Super fine flour by B. Peyton For ℀ M r Tho s Jefferson 1821 Rich d 2 d May To Cap: Reynolds for Cash in store
69Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Above I hand you ℀ sales 80 Blls: Flour at $3.75 Cash, which is all I have on hand of yours, & disposed of on the best terms it was in my power to make, which I hope will be satisfactory to you. RC ( MHi ); subjoined to enclosure ; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 7 May 1821 and so recorded in SJL .
70Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your two esteemed favor’s of the 10th & 11th: current reached me by last mail, together with the enclosures in that of the 10th:. I have credited you with the $40 check returned, & charged you with $40.91 remitted several days ago in check to Joseph Wilson collector of the port of Marblehead ; agreeable to your request. when the wines you speak of are rec d , I will be careful to send them on...
71Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have yours covering a note for $1125 negotiable at the Virg a Bank , which I have endorsed, & deposited for discount, as well as $12 interest upon it for 64 days. Your Tobacco is not yet to hand, nor is any more your Flour, when they are, will dispose of them on the best possible terms for your ℀ , of which you shall be advised. Flour $ 3 ¾ Tobacco 〃 4 @ 12 ¼ RC ( MHi ); dateline beneath...
72Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favor’d with yours of the 23rd: & 25th inst: this morning, the latter covering $350, which is at your credit, and I have this day forwarded to M r John Vaughan of Philadelphia a check from Farmers Bank for $300, as you directed, which is accompanied by your letter to him rec d some time ago. Before rec g
73Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your two esteemed favor’s of the 5th: & 8th: Inst: reached me this morning. I have delivered your letters to Mayo and Glinn , & have paid the drafts contained in each. Your Tobacco from Lynchburg , say 7 Hhds, reached me some days ago, but such is the pressure of business at the Warehouses here, that it was not until saturday last that it came to my turn (for its like bags in a Mill) to be...
74Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco and Flour Sales, 13 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales Seven Hhds: Leaf Tobacco by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 9 June To sundry persons for Cash (viz) N o 1 = 1760 −
75Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 14 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I hand herewith ℀ sales your 7 Hhds: Tobacco & the balance your Flour on hand, say 98 Blls:, all of which hope will be satisfactory. I send by Woods Thom 4 Blls: Herrings 1 Bll: best family Shad , & the 6 Blls: Herrings for Lynchburg are also on the way. These are Fresh Herrings & Shad just arrived & inspected this morning. The Books mentioned in my last will be forwarded to=day either to...
76Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am without a Blank for the renewal of your note of $2,250, due at the United States Bank tomorrow; & will be compelled to put in my own in its sted, to avoid a protest. In order to obviate this difficulty in future, would you be willing to trust me with a power of Att y to sign for you in the several Banks here, according to the enclosed form, & which is almost universally practiced by those...
77Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 28 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I send herewith, agreeable to your request, Adams’s Roaman Antiquities & Valpy’s Greek Grammar, both of which I wish safe to hand— RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “M r Th: Jefferson Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 2 July 1821 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures: (1) Alexander Adam, Roman Antiquities: or, an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans , ed. Peter...
78Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request hand herewith your ℀ current to date, which I hope will be found correct. Another your notes falls due this week, & I am still without a blank or a note of yours at=all, I hope by Wednesday’s mail to receive a supply, which will be one day too late, but I hope to arrange it either by putting in my own note as heretofore, or in some other way. You have no doubt...
79Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am still without any blanks from you, or notes, to renew yours at the different Banks in this City, I to day was put to my trumps completely as to the $4,000 at the Farmers Bank , the directors not being willing to take any other note but yours for its renewal, as it would relieve the security you have given me as an endorser on it; I was therefore obliged to give bond to the Bank as...
80Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
From my not recg a letter from you by yesterday’s Mail, enclosing notes for the renewal of yours at the several Banks, am led to fear you are either indisposed, or from home; I have determined however to send this by a private hand, to ensure its reaching you, & pray you to dispatch a parcel notes forthwith , by a special messenger , if the mail is not coming immediately , as I am every moment...
81Thomas Jefferson’s Deed of Trust of Milton Lands to Philip N. Nicholas and William Nekervis, 11 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the 11 th day of March July one thousand eight hundred and twenty one , between Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle on the one part and Philip Norborne Nicholas and William Nekervis both of the city of Richmond on the other part witnesseth that whereas Thomas J. Randolph of the same county of Albemarle
82Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 15th Inst: reached me last evening covering the Deed of Trust , recorded as required by the Bank , & I have this morning carried it to the Presd t , to be laid before the Board , & filed in the Bank for their satisfaction, for myself, was as perfectly satisfied before as now, but institutions of this sort must be indulged in their whims when one is in their power. I trust you know...
83Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 31 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 6 Blls: fine & 28 Blls: X midlings Flour by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 31 July To D & Allen for Cash on the Basin } $117.75
84Cesario Bias (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 1 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Johnston you will receive 1 Box Books which has been delivered to him in good order If so delivered to you please pay fght: as customary Bernard Peyton By Cesario Bias 1 Box RC ( MHi ); in Bias ’s hand; addressed: “M r Tho s Jefferson
85Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 6 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Above I hand you ℀ sales 34 Blls: Flour rec d on your ℀ , & sold on the Basin Bank . Thirty five Barrels were ship d , but the Oaner of the Boat ( M r Wood ) used one Bll:, which I charged him $4 for, & placed the same at your credit. I rec d this morning your favor covering Blanks
86Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 13 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I hand under cover a paper from the collector of the customs , which it is necessary you shall be qualified too to before a magistrate & return— I have paid the Collector his charges on the Books, amounting to $24.42, which is at your debit. I hope to see you at your own House in a few days, & in the mean time remain, in haste, RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ M r Thomas...
87Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 10 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 45 Barrels super fine Flour by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 10 Oct r To Capt Owens for Cash in store 45 Blls: super fine flour at $5.50 } $247.50 Charges
88Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I was duly favor’d with yours of the 3 d cur t covering notes for the renewal of yours at the different Banks, which shall be attended to. On the sixth ins t rec d the above 45 Blls: Flour from Shadwell Mills on your ℀ , which was sold yesterday, as p r ℀ sales above
89Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Above I hand you ℀ sales 41 Barrels Flour rec d this morning from Shadwell Mills for your ℀ , which I sold on the Basin Bank: nett proceeds as above, say $197.69. at your credit. I have this day forwarded to Monticello a Box from Philada , & a Box & Bundle from F. A. Mayo of this City to your address, which I hope will be safely received. RC
90Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 18 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 41 Blls: super fine Flour by Bern d Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 18 Octo r To Luke & Sizer for Cash on the Basin