11Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 11 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly received your letter by Mr. Chisholm . The difficulty of the saw mills in sawing longer stocks than their saw-frame has never been regarded here. We take out the head block which holds the slab end of the stock; let the stock shoot back beyond that as far as it will go, and leave the slab end to be sawed by hand, for a stock of 24 f in a mill of 21 f. there would remain 3 f. of every...
12Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 10 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
A fall which I got from my horse a fortnight ago by the breaking of a girth, & by which I have recieved considerable hurt inwardly, will prevent my being with you by the middle of the month as I had intended. the external swelling is subsiding, but very slowly, so as to render the time when I may venture to travel uncertain. in the mean time Chisolm will proceed to do the plaistering of the...
13Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman and Nimrod Darnil, 31 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to deliver to mr Samuel J. Harrison my crop of tobacco of the last year now on hand, as fast as it is inspected. lose no time in getting it ready, and spare no pains in handling it in the best manner, stemming conscientiously what you would have stemmed exactly had it still been kept on hand for sale PoC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; on verso of PoC of covering letter. Not...
14Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 22 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Dick , Solomon and Philip are permitted to go and see their friends, and in returning will help to bring the hogs and beeves. I am in hopes you have procured the beds and given them to the women. in giving out their clothes I forgot the article of hats, which I give every other year; but as it will be more convenient to give about half one year and half another, we will give to the men only,...
15Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 31 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
The people arrived here on the evening of Saturday the 28 th with every thing well except 1. hog tired & killed on the road. the articles for Dick to carry back will be now soon ready to put on board his waggon, but it is now raining, so that it is not likely he will set off today. the inclosed paper will tell you what they are & what is to be done with them. we are in very great want of the...
16Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 3 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 27 th Jan. came to hand last night, and this morning I have written to mr Gibson to inclose to you 30.D. by the mail to Lynchburg . he will recieve my letter in on Monday next, the 7 th and by the first mail after
17Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 13 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Being desirous that Gill ’s waggon should go with Dick ’s, and having a job of hauling of corn from a distance and some other things to finish before Gill could go, I detained Dick to help dispatch it, and tomorrow both waggons will set out. the two beeves came in terrible order; the cow so poor that we are obliged to turn her out, and the steer in worse order than some of ours, so that we...
18Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Goodman, 9 August 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Jame Hubbard delivered your letter of the 30 th some days ago and proposes to set out on his return tomorrow. I am happy to hear your crops are likely. the wheat when threshed must remain in it’s chaff in the barn until we can dispose of it. with this view I should be glad if you before I go up you would get from the different millers the terms on which they will grind it for me, for I have no...
19Memorandum to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 8 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Goodman’s crop for the next year 1814. will be as follows. Corn in M c Daniel’s field; but as this turns out to be but 50. acres, we must add other grounds to it; and there are none but what belong to some other field, except the those over the S. Tomahawk, & above the lower corn field. we must of necessity then give the tobacco ground, & the stubble ground there to corn, and put the upper...
20Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions for Poplar Forest Management, December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
1811. Dec. The crop of the Tomahawk plantation for 1812. Corn, oats & peas. the Shop field