1Enclosure: Gibson & Jefferson’s Account of Tobacco Sale, 18 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Sale of 11 Hhds Tobacco made on a/c Thomas Jefferson Esq r 1809 Nov 18 th Sold Sam l Myers at 60 d/s the whole viz t Shockoe 1125. 135. 1500
2Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 17 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We have received your favor of the 13 th with the note inclosed— Tobacco has yet come in very slowly, and such qualities as suit the taste of our present shippers have been eagerly bought up at 7 ½ & 8$ to 8 ½ $ indeed in one instance 10 ⅛ $ was given for a crop of 6 hhd s by M r Kerr of
3Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
We hand you annex’d your Acco t Current balanced by $6264.72 in our favor—We also inclose you a note for your signature to renew the one in bank due the 3 d May —we leave the amount blank to be fill’d up as you may direct— We received a few days since fifty six barrels of your flour all Sfine, sales were made on Monday at 9½ $, but in consequence of a large quantity coming down at once the...
4Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
We received yesterday your favors of the 1 st and 4 th Ins t and have made the several remittances and payments directed as p r Mem m annex’d amounting to $1240.26— we have also paid M r D a Warwick on account of
5Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 11 th & 15 th were both rec d yesterday, we have procured and sent you by the Stage driver 1 p e ¹⁰⁄₄ Cotton diaper containing 26½ y ds at 9/. we could not send the precise quantity wanted of one pattern, nor is there at present but one Store, where it is retailed and there they ask 12/. for similar quality; Mess rs Tompkins & Murray of whom we purchased this piece, have...
6Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 5 th Ins t relative to your crops of flour and Tobacco, we observe was replied to by M r Ligon on the 9 th : we regret we did not sooner notice the quotations he gave you of the prices of the latter as we do not consider them applicable to such a crop as yours, but merely for small crops or pic
7Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
We have received your note by M r Johnson there are at present no ploughs to be procured here, John Sam l Adams is in daily expectation of receiving some of Peacock’s — Vail & Rogers likewise expect a supply of the Cary plough— we have been equally unfortunate in our search after Burnet seed, the only chance of obtaining it, is from M r
8Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 2 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
we send you by mr. Johnson a Hhd of molasses— 10 Bus Burnett Seed the quarter Cask wine & 2 Boxes rec d from Alexandria — a Bag of Corks & 12
9Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, [before 12 April 1812] (Jefferson Papers)
We did not write to you by last mail, in consequence of our not having been able to get a purchaser for your Tobacco We have since then disposed of it viz the four worst Hhd s to O Philpotts on 60 d /. at 2$ and the two best to J: G: Gamble at 6½$, as we could not obtain what we consider’d the value of the remaining Hhd N o 2031, we have requested M
10Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
We received this morning your favor of the 12 th Ins t 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...