Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1822
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 7 Jany 1822
Dear sir
I am favor’d this morning with yours of the 3d curt & observe contents.
It will afford me great pleasure to make the remittance of $78.23, to Genl Dearborne of Boston as you desire, without loss of time, & my last will apprise you, that the Wine & Oil have been recd & forwarded on to you—I hope by this they are all safe to hand.— I have recd no package from Balto: or New York for you lately, when they arrive, will dispatch them as quick as possible.—
The Flour you speak of, has not yet arrived, & I immagine the Ice will prevent it for some time, neither1 have I recd the $100 mentioned in yours from Mr Pleasants.
To day your dft: favor James Boling for $326.25 with intst: since 16 Novr last was presented & paid, amounting, with the interest, to $329.08, which is a debit in addition to the balance shewn on your ℀ current rendd up to the 31 ulto:, by the last Mail.
B. Peyton
The Medal mentioned in my last is deliverd to Mr T. J. Randolph, who will convey it to you
RC (MHi); dateline beneath signature; endorsed by TJ as received 10 Jan. 1822 and so recorded in SJL.
james boling: James Bowling. Peyton’s account with TJ sent by the last mail, not found, was likely enclosed in a missing letter from Peyton to TJ of 31 Dec. 1821, which TJ recorded in SJL as received 3 Jan. 1822 from Richmond.
1. Manuscript: “nether.”
Index Entries
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- Bowling, James; and TJ’s debt to L. Bowling search
- Bowling, Lewis; TJ’s debt to search
- Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell; as Boston customs collector search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to L. Bowling search
- medals; honoring H. F. X. de Belsunce de Castelmoron search
- medals; sent to TJ search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); flour from search
- oil; olive search
- olives; oil search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Peyton, Bernard; forwards goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from accounted for search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and medal for TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Rivanna River; ice on search
- wine; sent to TJ search