1Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum on Craven Peyton and Reuben Grady, 19 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Charge Craven Peyton £19–10 for fire & coal wood accounted for to him by Reuben Grady settled between them May 19. 1811 . MS ( MHi ); entirely in TJ’s hand; written on a small scrap, part of a reused address cover to TJ; endorsed by TJ: “Peyton Craven.” reuben grady paid TJ for the right to cut firewood at Milton and occasionally sold him charcoal ( MB James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton,...