151[JM] to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1836 (Madison Papers)
My wagon which is setting out to day will deliver two Hhds of tobacco. They were made from fresh mountain land and cured without smoke, as indeed was the rest of my crop, and I understand were neatly put up. You will best judge of the most favorable moment for selling them & let me know the proceeds. 2 Please forward by return of the wagon the following articles. P. S Your letter informing me...
152From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Gilmer is arrived at N.Y. and detained there by sickness. he has engaged 5. Professors and informs me they would arrive within about 10. days after him, but does not say at what port. I expect it will be Richm d as such were his instrns, should that be the case I must pray you immed ly on their arrival to call upon them in my name, and aid them with your advice and good offices in every...
153Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My letter of the 3 d informed you that mr Jonathan Thompson would forward you from N. York a p box of books for me, and from Paris and mr M c Culloch
154Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 19 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 15 th was recieved last night, and at the same time one from mr George Lieper dated Charlottesville the 11 th informing he had on his return to that place met with a neighbor who supplied his wants, and therefore returned me my draught on you . we have consequently to correct the error of having used his draught on his father, which I must pray you to do by returning him the...
155James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 26 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I inclose a note for renewing [ ] in Bank. If it cannot be done without [an immediate] curtailment, it [will be] necessary to dispose of Tobacco [ ] hand for the purpose. Be so obliging [ ] to make for me the annual payment due to the "Enquirer" With friendly respects Draft (owned by Charles M. Storey, Boston, Mass., ).
156Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 11 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just recieved from M r Dearborne Collector of Boston information that he had recieved from Marseilles 3. cases of wine for me which he had forwarded to the Collector of Richmond , and that the freight and duties amounted to 17.05 D. I have informed him that I would desire you to remit him that sum immediately which I now request you to do, and recieve the boxes & pay the additional...
157Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of addressing to your care by mr Carr ’s boats a plough to be forwarded to mr Peale in Philadelphia , and a box of seeds to be forwarded by water to D r Hosack of N. York , for the botanical garden there, being the articles I formerly mentioned to you that I should be likely to trouble you with. I am glad of every occasion of assuring you of my friendship & respect....
158Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My last notes for renewal were sent June 14. and the inclosed I presume will be in time. In the last account recieved from you I am properly charged 1822. May. 28. my note at Virg a bank discounted 330.D. but I see no Credit for that sum recieved at the bank . is this an omission in the account, or a proof of my ignorance. ever and affectionately yours PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address...
159From James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 7 June 1827 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 2d. is duly recd. I was not very sanguine as to the sale of my Tobo. being aware of the effect of the drought on it. But it has fallen short of my hopes, not being sufficiently aware of the mismanagement complained of. We must try & do more justice to the crop in hand which is an enlarged one, and in land which promises Tobo. of the first quality: The prospect in our wheat fields...
160James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
It is so long since the date of your letter informing me that you should in a few days make sale of my Tobo. and would immediately give me an account of it, without my hearing from you, that I suspect a letter must have miscarried. In that case, be so obliging as to forward a duplicate. Taking for granted that the Tobo. would have been sold I draw on you for ninety dollars in favor of Mr....
161From James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
Having occasion for five hundred dollars to pay a debt in Philada I have taken the liberty of sending thither a draft on you for that amount payable on the 5th. of July next, which I must ask the favor of you to satisfy out of the proceeds of my Tobo. if other means be not put into your hands for the purpose. Draft ( DLC ). For the debts accrued by John Payne Todd for which JM held himself...
162From James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 4th. inclosing a note for my filling up & signing. On the strength of your kind promise, & your confidence in the favorable disposition of the Bank I have availed myself of your hint, and enlarged the sum in it to $2200, which will meet (and a trifle over probably) two engagts., one an accepted draft for $1320 negociable at the Farmer’s B in Fredg: but due to the U.S....
163James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 16 June 1835 (Madison Papers)
My wagon will set off in the morning with two more hogsheads tobacco, which I hope will find a favorable market. The delay in sending it has proceeded from the continued moisture of the weather which prevented its preparatory order. The next load will not be sent until the commencement of our harvest. I subjoin a memorandum of articles which you will please send by the return of the wagon. You...
164James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 27 June 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 23d. I canot but say that the sales of the Tobo. have disappointed my hopes, tho’ I have no doubt, your attentions did it justice; and that there must have been a defective management here. It is true, the want of rain at the ripening stage, may account in some degree for the prevailing quality: But it is equally true that my neighbors with the same weather, and a...
165From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 29 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to apply to Doct r Greenhow of N.Y. to procure for the university some anatomical preparns, and unable to conjecture the exact cost, I desired him to consign the packages to you, and to draw on you for the amount, notifying me of it at the same time. I rec d his letter yesterday stating the prime cost to be 84.D. to which there may be some addnal charges. I immed ly went to mr...
166From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 26 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I this day lodge with mr Raphael to be forwarded to your care a small box addressed to mr Joseph Coolidge jun r at Boston which I must pray you to forward to him and at the same time to remit him 60. D. on my account to replace so much which he will have advanced for me in the execution of particular commissions. MHi .
167From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In mine of the 7 th I mentioned that the sheriffs of Albemarle and Bedford would soon be on us for our taxes. the former at court on the same day presented my bill for 130.90 for which I shall be obliged to draw on you. I am in hopes he may not go down till late in the month. John Wood told me but one of his boats got down and I do not know whether that was for Jefferson or myself. not a drop...
168James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 21 September 1830 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed Check for* [$]2000. will enable you by drawg the amt. from [ ] to close my acct. with the B. there. If so and it be allowed for the premature payment I acquiesce in the sacrifice. I cannot take my leave of this business, witht. returng you many & very sincere thanks, for your kind aids in managing it: with wch. be pleased to accept my best respects & wishes *of W. M. in favr. of...
169James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 4 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your note of the 1st. inst. accompanied by the Bacon which is thought to be very good. I thank you for your obliging purpose in the event of a speedy Curtailment. It wd. be very convenient to me if this cd. be delayed till I cd. avail myself of some other resource than the Sale of my Tobo. Not anticipating such a measure of the Bank, I had allotted the surplus of that,...
170Thomas Jefferson’s Deed of Trust of Bedford County Land to Andrew Stevenson and Bernard Peyton, 15 September 1819 … (Jefferson Papers)
This Indenture made this fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred, and nineteen ; Between Thomas Jefferson , of the County of Albemarle , of the first part; Andrew Stevenson and Bernard Peyton of the City of Richmond of the second part and The President Directors and company of the Bank of the United States of the third part: Whereas the s d Thomas Jefferson, & with
171From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 28 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been long silent because ashamed to write. my whole crop of flour has been lying in the mill ever since harvest for want of transportn. there has been but 3. tides in our river since harvest. Jefferson agreed with a mr Lane to attend with 3. boats at the first tide. but happening to be in Bedford at the 1 st & 2 d Lane disapp. in both . and he failed again at the 3 d so that we lost the...
172James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 3 April 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd. lately from Mr. Quincy President of Harvard University, a letter expressing a particular desire to obtain all the printed Reports, and other documents, which relate to the origin, history, Constitution, discipline, and present State of the University of Virginia. Finding that there will be difficulty in procuring all that is wished for from the sources to which I have applied, and the...
173From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 24 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
A negociation with the Literary board on behalf of the University which I expected would have been closed by the reciept of their answer on the day I last wrote to you & drew on you is still unclosed, awaiting their answer. this has obliged me to put off my journey to Bedford till after our next court which I am obliged to attend. I mention this lest you should have occn to write to me. I...
174James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 30 May 1829 (Madison Papers)
My overseer is so pressed in winding up his late crop of Tobo. for wch. the winter was unfavorable, and in his preparations for the coming one, that he wishes to know whether the market for his lugs will not probably be as good in the Autumn as at this Season. Favor me with the proper information on this point. I have 4 or 5 Hhds to—add to the six at the Warehouse, which I hope with the six...
175From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I received yesterday your’s of the 16 th and by the mail which goes tomorro. morn g I have written on the subject with all my heart and soul, and have said that I would desire you in the moment of the occurrence to address a letter of informn directly to himself that no time may be lost by it’s passing thro’ me. do not wait for documents, only say that they shall follow: they will be desired...
176James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 27 October 1828 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed is a Renewing note for the Bank, which I presume will arrive in time. I thank you for your suggestions as to my Tobacco. The Frost did not visit us till we had removed the outstanding from the field. But some of the latest cutting, was a little touched on the Scaffold. What are we to consider as the effect of the British duty of 3d. a pound on Stemmed Tobo. in the Richd. market for...
177Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, [13] July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 5 th covering the deed of trust came to hand on the 10 th . instead of adding the paragraph to it, I thought it better to write the deed over again, to incorporate the substance of the paragraph into it, and execute it anew. I did so, acknoleged it in our clerk’s office , and now inclose it with a certificate that it is recorded. I have been exceedingly distressed by the...
178From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 12 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
My quarterly bill with Raphael has got monstrously up this last quarter. this proceeds from some family expences falling on me which mr Randolph used to bear, and from my Doctor’s bill which I have to pay at this time. for altho’ I am not well, yet I believe I am as well as any further aid of a Doctor can make me, and I therefore now discontinue it. I shall be obliged within a day or two to...
179From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 11 July 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 8 th was rec d yesterday evening, and I hasten to comply with it’s request by tomorrow’s mail to Washington. my acqce in the mercantile line to the North was very little at any time, and during the 14. y. since my retirement from public life, what little I had, as well as the members of Congress whom I knew, have mostly died off. I can comply therefore but scantily with your...
180Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 7 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday the inclosed bills of District banks amounting to 53.D. from a debtor from whom I feared I should get nothing better. they will not pass here, but I expect they can be disposed of with you, which I pray you to do and place to my credit. strange that I hear nothing of my books from Baltimore . will you be so good as to send me a ton of plaister in the lump, and 4. Barrels...
181From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday inclosed to you the necessary blanks, and now forward a draught on you for 100. D the proceeds of which I must pray you to forward to M r William John Coffee at New York. he is to leave that place the last day of this month which gives no time for delay in the remittance, will you also be so kind as to send me the school books ment d below. they are for my grandsons. They may come...
182Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Presuming that herrings are now at market, I will thank you to send 6. barrels for me to Lynchbg , and 4 bar. of herrings & 2. of shad to Milton . also a quarter ton of nailrod to Milton , to wit 2. bundles of 8 d size, 2. d o of 20 d
183Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 9 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I expect that my grandson informed you the of the misfortune which had stopped for a while the Shadwell mills . it will still be ten days or a fortnight before they will be able to recommence grinding, and consequently before we can be again getting down our flour. in the mean time I was obliged to draw on you yesterday in favor of Wolfe and Raphael for 100.D. which shall be replaced the...
184From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
A mr Maveric of N.Y. who furnishes engravings of our University sent a box of them some time ago to your address for mr Brockenbrough. I hope they are arrived safely. I have procured mr Hilliard book seller of Boston to establish a branch of his business here, and sent him a catalogue of the immediate wants of the students, advising him to consign them to Meredith jones near Charlottesville as...
185James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 6 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
I recd. lately the inclosed communication. Your position & range of information on the points of its inquiry, being so much superior to mine, I must ask your aid in giving the answers; with an exception of that relating to the laws of Usury, wch. the Statutes will furnish. The task being of a publick nature, and of common obligation, I will without apology presume on your willingness to take...
186From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 9 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday drew on you for 200.D. in favor of Jacobs & Raphael: and I must pray you to remit to mr John Barnes of Georgetown 65. D 25 C to be at the order of Col o John Trumbull. I have advised both of this. Will you be so good as to send me 10. boxes of tin; also 50. panes of best window glass 12 I. square & 50. d o 12. by 18 I. this article mr Andrew Smith has always furnished me well with...
187James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 11 August 1833 (Madison Papers)
My wagon with 2 Hhds of Tobo. will arrive soon after this. They are the last of the Crop. After selling them, be so good as to let me know the balance for which I may draw. The Waggon on its return will bring the Articles noted below, which I must ask the favor of you to procure. With cordial respects Six Sacks of salt 500 # of Bacon assorted 50 # American blistered Steel Draft (DLC) .