Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1812
From Gibson & Jefferson
Richmond 16th April 1812
Sir
We received this morning your favor of the 12th Inst and as you direct send inclosed $200 in small notes as ⅌ Statement at foot, your drafts in favor of Hay, Wirt & Tazewell shall be duly paid; we have received and passed to your credit $176.90— But little is yet doing in flour and we have hitherto deem’d it adviseable not to offer any for sale; as we have no doubt so soon as the present panic is over, that prices will be better—
With great respect we are Your obt Servts
Gibson & Jefferson
| 5. | of | 20 | $100 | |
| 8 | 〃 | 10. | 80 | |
| 4 | 〃 | 5 | 20 | $200 |
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); in Patrick Gibson’s hand; at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre”; endorsed by TJ as received 19 Apr. 1812 and so recorded in SJL.
Index Entries
- flour; sale of search
- Gibson, Patrick; and currency for TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and legal services for TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); flour sold for TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); letters from search
- Hay, George; TJ pays search
- Tazewell, Littleton Waller; TJ pays search
- Wirt, William; TJ pays search