Chiles Terrell’s Nailery Account, 28 July 1802
Chiles Terrell’s Nailery Account
Mr Chiles Terrell An Account with Ths. Jefferson: Cr
1802
| June 22d— | 42. ℔ | VI d nails: | @ 12¼d | £ 2– 3– 9 |
| 20. | X d Do. | @ 11½d | 0–19– 2 | |
| 20. | XX d. Do. | @ 10 [. . .] | 0–[17]-6 | |
| July 22d. | 7. | VI d.—Do. | @ 12½ | 0– 7– 3½ |
| 20. | IV d. Do | @ 15 d | 1– 5– | |
| 1. | Cut Sprigs | @ 11 d. | 0– 1– 3 | |
| £ 5–13–11½ | ||||
| 28th | 13. ℔ | X d nails | @ 11½ | 0–12– 5½ |
| 6– 5– 71 | ||||
| old balance | – 1– 6 | |||
| £ 6– 7– 1 |
Received the Above for Thomas Jefferson
Jas. Dinsmore
MS (ViU: Watson Papers); blurred; in James Dinsmore’s hand; endorsed by Dinsmore: “a/c of Nails Chiles Terrell with Jefferson.”
From a prominent Albemarle County family, Chiles Terrell married Margaret Douglas Meriwether, widow of Nicholas Meriwether, and settled on part of the Meriwether grant, about 10 miles northeast of Monticello. There he established an estate that came to be known as Music Hall (Edward C. Mead, Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains Virginia [Philadelphia, 1899], 153–4; , 326; , 2:972).
For Dinsmore’s management of the nailery, see Vol. 34:407.
1. That is, 5, making Dinsmore’s subsequent calculation off by two pence.