Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 18 October 1821
Enclosure
Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales
Sales 41 Blls: super fine Flour by Bernd Peyton for ℀ Mr Th: Jefferson
| 1821 Richd | ||||
| 18 Octor | To Luke & Sizer for Cash on the Basin 41 Barrels super fine flour at $5.50 |  |
$225.50 | |
| Charges | ||||
| Cash pd fght: at 2/6, & Toll at 7½ d | $21.35 | |||
| Inspection at 2¢ & Comssn at 2½ pr Ct | 6.46 | 〃 27.81 | ||
| Nett prcds: at Ct Th: Jefferson | $197.69 | |||
| E.E. | ||||
B.P.
MS (MHi); entirely in Peyton’s hand; covering letter subjoined; undated; with calculations by TJ at foot of text dividing $197.69 by 41 and arriving at a net price of $4.82 per barrel of flour.
e.e.: “Errors Excepted.”
Index Entries
- flour; price of search
- flour; sale of search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
- Lucke & Sizer (Richmond firm); buys TJ’s flour search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); flour from search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search