Enclosure: Gibson & Jefferson’s Account of Tobacco Sale, 18 November 1809
Enclosure
Gibson & Jefferson’s Account of Tobacco Sale
Sale of 11 Hhds Tobacco made on a/c Thomas Jefferson Esqr
1809
Nov 18th Sold Saml Myers at 60 d/s the whole vizt
| Shockoe | 1125. 135. 1500 | ||
|
1127. 134. 1460 | ||
| 1128. 133. 1530 | |||
| 1129. 135. 1560 | |||
| 1131. 137. 1500 | |||
| 1132. 136. 1376 | |||
| 1135. 135. 1540 | |||
| 1126. 135. 1500 | |||
| 1130. 136. 1340 | |||
| 1133. 136. 1310 | |||
| 1134. 140. 1410 16,026w | @ 39/6. | $1055.4 | |
| Charges | |||
| Freight pd G. Cabell $75. 8. Inspection 5.50 | $80.58. | ||
| Toll & Drayg 5.96. reviewing 5.50 Extra Coopg 50. | 11.96 | ||
| Commission 2½ ⅌cent on $1055. 4 | 26.37 | $118.911 | |
| Nett proceeds | $936.13 | ||
| ¹⁄₂₁ th part of the above to be paid Saml Page | 44.58 | ||
| $891.55 | |||
| ¹⁄₁₂ th 〃 〃 〃 Balance to be paid B. Griffin | 74.29 | ||
| to the credit of a/current | $817.26 | ||
| Errors Excepted | |||
Richmond
18th Nov. 1809
MS (MHi); in a clerk’s hand, with computations in TJ’s hand noted below.
1. TJ here noted: “= 1/8,” with related calculations (not reproduced here) confirming this approximation at foot of text.
Index Entries
- Cabell, George; TJ pays search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); tobacco sold for TJ search
- Griffin, Burgess; share of crops sold search
- Jefferson, George (TJ’s cousin); sells TJ’s tobacco search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells tobacco search
- Myers, Samuel; TJ’s tobacco sold to search
- overseers; crop share of search
- Page, Samuel (Poplar Forest overseer); share of crops search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); Overseers at; crop share of search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); tobacco grown at search
- Richmond, Va.; TJ’s tobacco sold at search
- tobacco; grown at Poplar Forest search
- tobacco; price of in Richmond search