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Thomas Jefferson’s Transactions with James Leitch, 2 June 1820–28 February 1821

Transactions with James Leitch

[Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends , p. 63, 2 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mr Eppes
1 Co. Blairs Lectures $3.25. 1 Adams Antiquities $350 6 75
1 〃  Baileys English Dictionary $4.50 4 50
1 〃  Keith on the Globes $2.75. 1 do. Italian Grammar $250 5 25
1 〃  Moore’s Poems 6/9 1 13 17. 63

[p. 67, 5 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ self
5½ yds drab Cotton Cassimere 3/6 2 hanks Silk 6d 3 38
1 doz. buttons 1/6 25 3. 63

[p. 68, 7 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Sundries ⅌ Order
2 doz button moulds 9d. 2 Small do 4½d 38
13½ ℔s Blister Steel 6d. 1 13
.460. Bramham & Jones for 1 Lock 1/6 25 1. 76

[p. 69, 9 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
1 Sack Salt $8 8 

[p. 71, 10 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
6 ℔s Shot 1/. 1 ℔ Powder 6/. 1 pr Brass Butts 2/3 2. 38

[p. 73, 13 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
5 yds Olive Cotton Cassimere 3/6. 1 doz buttons 3/. 3 42
2 Skeins Silk 6d. 2 hanks thread 3d. 1 Stk1 Twist 6d 34 3. 76

[p. 78, 22 June 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph
15 yds blue Cotton Cassimere 3/. 7 50
1 ps Short Nankeen 6/. 4 yds Brown Holland 3/. 3
⅓ ℔ Black thread 10/6. 2 doz Common Buttons 1/6 1 08
3 yds Calico 3/6. 2 yds Cambric Muslin 5/3 3 50
2 doz bullet buttons 2/3 75
2. 14 Inch Dishes. $2.60 ⅌ pair. 4. 12 Inch do $2 ⅌ do 6 60
1 Salad Bowl 2 82 25. 25

[p. 88, 13 July 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
2½ yds Irish linen 7/6 3. 13

[p. 88, 14 July 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
1 M. ½ Inch sprigs 2/3 38

[p. 97, 28 July 1820:]
.395.2 Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order Ed Bacon
42 ℔s. 20d wrought nails 1/. 7.

[p. 97, 29 July 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
3 Bed cords 3/9 1. 88

[p. 100, 31 July 1820:]
Sundries Dr to Interest Acct. amt from Page (99)3
395  Thomas Jefferson 353 88

[p. 101, 31 July 1820:]
Interest Acct Dr to Sundries brought forward4
395.  Thomas Jefferson 2 50

[p. 106, 2 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
To ½ gross. Inch Screws 7/6 63

[p. 107, 3 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
71 ℔s Iron 6d. 11 ℔s Blister Steel 9d 7 30
14 ℔s German Steel 1/6 3 50 10. 80

[p. 114, 16 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
15 yds Ticklenburg 2/. 5.

[p. 115, 17 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mr Crenshaw
2 ℔s. 5d Cut Nails 1/1½ 38

[p. 115, 18 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order for Burrell
4¼ yds Stripd Jeans 4/6. 1¼ fine B. Holland 3/6 3 92
4 hanks thread 3d. 3¾ yds. B. Stuff 4/. 2 hks Silk 6d 2 83
1 yd B. Holland 2/6. 1 Stick Twist 6d. 1  〃  Silk 6d 50
85 7. 33

[p. 117, 23 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
55 ℔s Iron (Plow Plates) 9 cts 4. 95

[p. 118, 24 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order T J. Randolph
22 ℔s. 8d Cut Nails 1/. 5 ℔s. 20d do 10d 4. 37

[p. 119, 29 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order T J Rand.
12 ℔s. 8 Cut Nails 1/. 10 ℔s. 20d 1/. 3. 67

[p. 119, 29 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
1 ℔ Lamp black 1/6. 1 M. 1¾ Inch. Sprigs 6/9 1 38
13 ℔s. 8d Brads 1/. 2 17 3. 55

[p. 120, 30 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Overseer T J Ran.
1½ ℔ 8d Cut Nails 1/. 25

[p. 121, 31 Aug. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E Bacon
30 ℔s. 20d Cut Nails 1/. 5. 00

[p. 122, 2 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Miss R
3¾ yds. Spotted Pelise flannel 7/6. 2 doz Pearl butts 3/9 5. 94

[p. 127, 13 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E. Bacon
27Cts Iron. 6d 2. 25

[p. 128, 15 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph
1¼ yd Lustring 6/. 4 yds Riband 1/. 1 ℔ G. Salts 1/6 2. 17

[p. 130, 21 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E. Bacon
15¼ ℔s, Iron plough plates 9 cts 1. 38

[p. 131, 22 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson Dr
paid for Waggoning Tin & Sheet Iron from Richmond 2 63

[p. 132, 26 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Overseer of T. J. Randolphs
4 ℔s. 12d Cut Nails 1/. 67

[p. 132, 26 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph
6 yds white Marsielles 4/6. 7 yds white Flannel 5/3 10 63
2 hanks Silk. 6d. 2 pr. Worsted Stockings 9/. 3 08
086 13. 79

[p. 135, 30 Sept. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
½ doz Wine Glasses (Cut) 27/. ½ doz do long Stem 30/. 4 75
2 bottles Mustard 1/6 50 5. 25

[p. 139, 7 Oct. 1820:]
.44. .395. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash
paid Carriage of a bundle Wt 32 ℔s @ 4/6 ⅌ Cwt from Richmd 25

[p. 140, 10 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
28½ lbs Iron 6d 2. 38

[p. 141, 11 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
10 ℔s. 10d Wrought Nails 1/1½ 1. 88

[p. 141, 12 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Sundries ⅌ Order
Merchandise for 2 ℔s Copperas 9d. 1 ℔ Alum 1/6 50 50

[p. 148, 25 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
10lb 10d Cut Nails 1/. 2 Ozs. Nutmegs 3/. 2 67
2 Best double bolted padlocks 7/6. 1lb Allspice 3/. 3
.460. Bramham & Jones for 2 Ozs Cloves 1/6. 50 6. 17

[p. 148, 25 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self
1 Co. Neilsons Greek Exercises $2 2 

[p. 149, 28 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
4½ yds blue forest Cloth @ 7/6. 1¾ yd Brown Holland 3/. 6. 51
8 hanks thread 3cts 1½ doz buttons 1/6. 4lbs Putty 1/. 1. 297

[p. 150, 30 Oct. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
15 yds Blue forest Cloth 7/6 3 yds Brown Holland 2/6 20
2 yds Green Baize 6/. 16 hanks thread 2d. 2 Sticks Twist 6d 2 62
3 doz Plated Buttons 3/. 1 50 24. 12

[p. 153, 4 Nov. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
1 yd green baize 6/. 1 yd Blue plains 7/6 2 25
1 doz small buttons 1/6. 1 Slip thread 1/6 50 2. 75

[p. 156, 7 Nov. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
4lbs 10d wrought nails 1/1½ 75

[p. 160, 10 Nov. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E. Bacon
20℔s 10d wrought Nails 1/1½. 15lbs 16d do 1/– 6. 25

[p. 163, 16 Nov. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph
1½ yd Spotted Bambazette 7/6. 2 papers pins 1/6 2 38
2 pairs black worsted Stockings 7/6 2 50 4. 88

[p. 171, 4 Dec. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Joe
13 ℔s German Steel 1/6. 2½ Gallons A. Brandy ⅌ Order 6/– 5. 75

[p. 176, 13 Dec. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E Bacon
1 Sack Salt $7 7.

[p. 179, 18 Dec. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E Bacon
51℔s Bar Iron 6d. 1 Sack Salt ⅌ Order $7 11. 25

[p. 182, 23 Dec. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self
3 yds fine white flannel 6/. 3
½ 〃  Olive velvet 6/– 1 Ream letter paper $6 6 50
4 quires fine writing paper 2/– 1 34
1 Almanac 9d 13 8
6 Silver wired tooth Brushes 2/. 2 12. 84

[p. 184, 27 Dec. 1820:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
7⅛ gallons of French Brandy 15/– 17. 81

[p. 187, 2 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
24 large striped Blankets 17/– 2 ditto 13/6 72 50
460 yds Ticklenburg @ 30cts 55 yds Hempen Linen 25cts 151 75
2 ⅌s. each9 21 yds No 3. Kendal Cotton 3/9 26 25
4 papers needles 1/– 6 Oznaburg thread 7/6 8 17
135 yds Blue plains 5/3. 1 Bunch plough lines 1/– 118 30
23 〃  White Kerseys 6/. 23 399. 97

[p. 188, 2 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
2½ Bushels Salt 9/– 6 Bottles Mustard 1/6 5. 25

[p. 189, 5 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order T J Ran
7℔s 20d Cut nails 10d 97

[p. 190, 8 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E Bacon
1¼ galls. whiskey 4/6 94

[p. 191, 11 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
3 yds steam loom shirting 3/9. 1lb Powder 5/3. 4lbs Shot 1/– 3. 42

[p. 192, 15 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E Bacon
20lbs 10d Cut nails 1/– 6lbs 20d wrought do 18cts 4. 41

[p. 194, 22 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
120lbs Iron 6d 10 

[p. 195, 23 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self
5 Ozs Wafers 3/– 3. 6/4 Blue Cloth 13/6 9 25
3 slips thread 1/6. 3 doz gilt Buttons 3/ 2 25
9 yds Blue plains 5/3. 4lbs Shot 1/– 8 55
1lbs Powder 5/3 88 20. 93

[p. 196, 26 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
1 Sack salt $7. 1lb Saltpetre 4/6 7. 75

[p. 197, 27 Jan. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
2 yds fine white flannel 5/3 1. 75

[p. 199, 2 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
6 yds 6/4 Blue cloth 13/6. 1 Slip thread 1/6 13 75
2 doz buttons 1/6. 3 doz plated Buttons 2/3 1 63 15. 38

[p. 200, 5 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Edmd Bacon
3 Cross cut saw files 2/. 3 Handsaw do 1/. 1. 50

[p. 203, 7 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
20lbs 8d Cut nails 1/. 3. 34

[p. 204, 9 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mr Colclaser
2 ⅌s Tape 1/6. 1 Hank thread 1/6 75
3 Skeins thread 3d 1¼ yd Ticklenburgs 2/3 58 1. 33

[p. 207, 20 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order E. Bacon
95lb Iron 6d 5lbs German Steel 1/6 9. 17

[p. 208, 21 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
30lbs 20d Cut nails 10d 4. 17

[p. 209, 28 Feb. 1821:]
.395. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order
9lb Putty 1/. 1 Clamp Brush 5/3 1. 3810

The Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends in ViU, Leitch’s bookkeeping methods and frequently used abbreviations, and the methods by which the Editors present the above extracts detailing entries involving TJ are described above at 6 Mar. 1820 in an editorial note on Extracts from James Leitch’s Daybook.

bullet buttons: two- and three-piece brass buttons spherical in shape (Stanley J. Olsen, “Dating Early Plain Buttons by Their Form,” American Antiquity 28 [1963]: 552; Martin A. Wyckoff, United States Military Buttons of the Land Services, 1787–1902 [1984]: xix, 64).

burrell: probably Burwell Colbert. lustring: “lutestring.” g. salts: “Glauber’s salts.” forest cloth is a woolen fabric (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). bambazette: “bombazine.” a. brandy is probably apple brandy.

1Manuscript: “Slk.”

2Manuscript: “397,” here and in next entry.

3Preceding line written as part of running head at top of page.

4Preceding line written as part of running head at top of page.

5Number interlined, with total reworked from “7.25.”

6Number interlined.

7To the left of this amount is interlined “7.80.”

8Line interlined.

9Word interlined.

10The correct amount is $2.38.

Index Entries

  • Adam, Alexander; Roman Antiquities search
  • alcohol; brandy search
  • alcohol; whiskey search
  • allspice search
  • almanacs search
  • alum; TJ purchases search
  • A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes (T. Keith) search
  • An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (N. Bailey) search
  • Bacon, Edmund; orders goods for TJ search
  • Bailey, Nathan (Nathaniel); An Universal Etymological English Dictionary search
  • baize (textile) search
  • Blair, Hugh; Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres search
  • blankets; TJ purchases search
  • bombazine (textile) search
  • books; dictionaries search
  • books; of poetry search
  • books; on grammar search
  • books; on history search
  • books; on rhetoric search
  • Bramham & Jones (Charlottesville firm); TJ purchases goods from search
  • brandy; apple search
  • brandy; French search
  • brushes; clamp search
  • building materials; iron search
  • building materials; nails search
  • building materials; screws search
  • building materials; steel search
  • button molds search
  • buttons search
  • calico search
  • cambric (textile) search
  • clothing; stockings search
  • cloves search
  • Colbert, Burwell (TJ’s slave;1783–ca.1862; Critta Colbert’s husband); and goods for TJ search
  • Colclaser, Daniel; orders goods for TJ search
  • copperas search
  • cotton; as textile search
  • Crenshaw, Mr. search
  • English language; dictionaries search
  • Eppes, Francis Wayles (TJ’s grandson); and books for TJ search
  • ferret (fabric tape) search
  • files (tools) search
  • flannel; TJ orders search
  • food; mustard search
  • Glauber’s salts search
  • Greek Exercises, in Syntax, Ellipsis, Dialects, Prosody, and Metaphrasis (W. Neilson) search
  • Greek language; grammars search
  • gunpowder; TJ orders search
  • gunpowder; TJ purchases search
  • hemp; fabric search
  • holland (textile) search
  • horses; reins and traces for search
  • household articles; alum search
  • household articles; bed cords search
  • household articles; blankets search
  • household articles; bowls search
  • household articles; brushes search
  • household articles; button molds search
  • household articles; buttons search
  • household articles; copperas search
  • household articles; dishes search
  • household articles; lampblack search
  • household articles; locks search
  • household articles; needles search
  • household articles; padlocks search
  • household articles; pins search
  • household articles; putty search
  • household articles; shot search
  • household articles; thread search
  • household articles; toothbrushes search
  • household articles; wafers (for sealing letters) search
  • household articles; wineglasses search
  • iron; bar search
  • iron; purchased by TJ search
  • iron; sheet search
  • iron; tin-iron search
  • Italian language; books on grammar of search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; purchases from J. Leitch search
  • Joe (TJ’s slave) search
  • Keith, Thomas; A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes search
  • lampblack search
  • Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (H. Blair) search
  • Leitch, James; extracts from daybook of search
  • Leitch, James; TJ orders goods from search
  • linen search
  • locks; padlocks search
  • locks; purchased by TJ search
  • looms search
  • machines; loom search
  • Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); Overseers at; order goods for TJ search
  • Moore, Thomas (1779–1852); poems of search
  • muslin search
  • mustard; purchased by TJ search
  • nails; purchased by TJ search
  • Neilson, William; Greek Exercises, in Syntax, Ellipsis, Dialects, Prosody, and Metaphrasis search
  • nutmeg search
  • osnaburg (oznabrig, oznaburg); thread search
  • plows; plow plates search
  • putty search
  • Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); purchases goods search
  • Randolph, Miss search
  • Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); as manager of Monticello search
  • rhetoric; books on search
  • Roman Antiquities (A. Adam) search
  • salt; TJ acquires search
  • saltpeter search
  • saws; crosscut search
  • saws; handsaws search
  • screws search
  • shirting (textile) search
  • shot; purchased by TJ search
  • silk; TJ orders search
  • spices; allspice search
  • spices; cloves search
  • spices; nutmeg search
  • stationery; letter paper search
  • steel; blistered search
  • steel; German search
  • steel; purchased by TJ search
  • stockings search
  • textiles; baize search
  • textiles; bombazine search
  • textiles; calico search
  • textiles; cambric search
  • textiles; cassimere search
  • textiles; cotton search
  • textiles; ferret (fabric tape) search
  • textiles; flannel search
  • textiles; hemp search
  • textiles; holland search
  • textiles; jean search
  • textiles; Kendal search
  • textiles; kersey search
  • textiles; linen search
  • textiles; lutestring search
  • textiles; muslin search
  • textiles; nankeen search
  • textiles; osnaburg search
  • textiles; plain cloth search
  • textiles; ribbon search
  • textiles; shirting search
  • textiles; silk search
  • textiles; Ticklenburg search
  • textiles; velvet search
  • textiles; wool search
  • thread search
  • Ticklenburg (textile) search
  • tools; crosscut saw search
  • tools; files search
  • tools; handsaws search
  • toothbrushes search
  • wafers (for sealing letters); TJ orders search
  • wagons; transport goods to and from Richmond search
  • whiskey; TJ orders search
  • wine; glasses for search
  • wool; forest cloth search