1Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 23 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
On more maturely considering the different objects for which the padlocks are wanting, I find I must entirely change the assortment of yesterday; that I shall want 12. locks assorted as follows. 8 my coachrooms 4. single locks to open with the same key. (1. returned. 3 remain) garden. 3. single d o to open with the same key, but different from the former all returned my stable } 3. double...
2Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 4 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
2 canteens of French brandy RC ( NN : Liebmann Collection); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL . This is one of a series of terse notes with which TJ ordered goods from Charlottesville merchant James Leitch.
3Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
6.℔ oznabrigs thread 3.℔ blue & green thread, of the size of oznabrigs thr d RC ( ViCMRL , on deposit ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
4Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 3 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
1. doz. teacups of the pattern laid by 1. doz. saucers to d o 1. doz. coffee cups as near the pattern as you have 1. doz. saucers to d o the paper laid by RC ( ViCMRL , on deposit ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
5Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 15 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Cloaths for the bearer Burwell , such as he shall chuse. RC ( ViCMRL , on deposit ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; adjacent to signature and dateline: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL . Burwell Colbert (1783–ca. 1862), butler, painter, and glazier, became one of TJ’s most trusted slaves. When and how he acquired the surname Colbert, which TJ seems never to...
6Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 21 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
a box of wafers, the largest sized box RC ( ViCMRL , on deposit ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL . Number interlined in place of “23.”
7Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 30 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson understanding that mr Leitch has olive oil, will be glad of a bottle of it. being to set out on a journey within 2. or 3. days he asks the favor of him to change the inclosed bill. the more of it he can spare in silver, the more convenient it will be for the road. RC (digital image on eBay website, 11 Apr. 2006, lot posted by Gallery of History, Las Vegas); dateline at foot of...
8Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 10 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
blue Nankeen & trimmings for a coat. a hair broom a cake of wax. Th:J. will thank mr Leitch to change a 10.D. bill. RC ( ViU : TJP ); dateline adjacent to signature and above postscript; written on reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
9Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 17 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
a steel plate cross cut saw 3. files for setting it. RC ( ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
10Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I avail myself of your kind offer by requesting you to procure for me the articles noted below and I inclose you according to promise a draught on Gibson & Jefferson for one hundred dollars which I am in hopes you will be able to make answer your Northern purposes. accept my wishes for a good journey & the assurance of my esteem & respect. 20. yds green baize of the widest breadth. 12. yds...
11Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 25 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
any clothing which the bearer Burwell may chuse for himself RC ( MdHi : Vertical Files); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
12Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 2 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Leitch will be pleased to let the two bearers Thrimston & Lovilo fit themselves with woollen hats. RC ( MdHi : Vertical Files); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap. Not recorded in SJL .
13Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 30 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Leitch to give him small money for the within 10.D. bill, and to place among it a 3.D. bill which he has to remit to Albany . the bearer will bring also the 2. pr knit drawers laid by yesterday. RC (Will Paulsen, Charlottesville, 2017); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . This document, located after the pertinent...
14Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 12 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Some plane irons Sand-paper isinglass. glue brush to be chosen by the bearer John Hemings . RC ( TxDaHCL ); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . plane irons are the cutting blades of planes ( OED
15Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 9 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
2. canteens of best spirits RC (Mrs. N. H. R. Dawson, Selma, Ala., 1961; photocopy in ViU: TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “ M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . This document, located after the pertinent chronological volume was published, will appear in the concluding supplement to the print edition.
16Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 28 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
at the meeting of the Commissioners at Rockfish gap it will be very important to have a copy of Madison ’s map of Virginia with lines traced on it , and through the different places proposed for the University , so as to shew the quantum of population on each side of those lines. it should be one of those with the boundaries of the counties colored, but not their whole surface. I wrote to mr...
17Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
a hand vice some German steel to be chosen by the bearer. RC ( ViHi : Preston Family Papers); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
18Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 28 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall set out the day after tomorrow for the Gap , and after our business done I shall visit Staunton , and, being so far on the way shall visit the Warm springs to which I have been going and ought to have gone 2. or 3. years ago. but I must borrow of you the money for my journey which I suppose will take 100.D. I am the more reluctant on this because I cannot reimburse it by an immediate...
19Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 3 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have never been more mortified than by the disappointment in paying you 1500. or 2000.D. the last year, on the reciept of which I counted with so much certainty that I had parted with all the money which was within my power before I found I was to be disappointed in that. and this year the fall in the price of flour & tobacco has shortened me a full third in the proceeds of my crop. I have...
20Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 1 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
2. ℔ ginger 2. oz. Mace 2. oz. Cinnamon. 2. oz. nutmeg 2. oz. Cloves 1. ℔ fig blue 2. loaves sugar RC ( ViU: TJP ); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL . fig blue or blue starch was a “powder used to combat yellowing, and hence preserve the whiteness of garments and fabrics in laundering, by adding a slight tint of...
21Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 16 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
about 15. or 20. ℔ of Cotton yarn which Burwell reports that mr Leitch has fit for negro cloth. a ream of best letter paper RC ( Mrs. J. Sharshall Grasty, Charlottesville, 1947 ; photocopy in ViU: TJP ); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “mr James Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
22Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 20 October 181[9] (Jefferson Papers)
25. ℔ brown sugar. 2. ℔ tea. 4. yds best white flannel a tin cup with a handle to hold about a gill RC ( Christie’s, New York City , 2017); written on a small scrap; dateline (torn) beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . Preceding three words interlined.
23Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 3 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
25. ℔ coffee 25. ℔ brown sugar 3. loaves white d o RC ( PLeB ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap and currently encased in a glass paperweight; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL .
24Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 7 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the bond duly executed for the amount of my debt to you on the 1 st day of August last . the vast and sudden diminution in the circulating medium of our country which has taken place, with the retirement, by bankruptcy, of so many bidders for our produce, has brought that so low as to be no longer equal to the payment of debts contracted in expectation that it would continue to...
25Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 17 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
25. ℔ brown sugar. 2. ℔ salts a pint of Castor oil 7. yds strong Corduroy with buttons & trimming for a coat & pantaloons. a paper of shi r t buttons 2. loaves white sugar if mr Lietch has rec d
26Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 22 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
a bar of tire iron a sack of salt RC ( Christie’s, New York City , auction 20528, 25 May 2022, lot 71); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch ”; affixed to front endpaper of Edmund Pendleton ’s copy of vol. 1 of Bushrod Washington, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia (Richmond, 1798; Sowerby, E. Millicent...
27Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
65. yds best nappy cotton 140 yards ticklenburg. 115. oznabrigs. 2. large milk pans RC ( ViU: TJP
28Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 14 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
1. ℔ allspice 2. oz. nutmegs 2. oz. ginger 1. oz. cinnamon 1. oz. mace. RC ( NcD-MC : Trent Collection); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . Leitch ’s records indicate that on this date TJ purchased by order “1 ℔. Allspice 3/. 1 ℔ Ginger 3/.
29Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 28 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
4. wash basons & pitchers. ½ doz. chamber pots. 1. ℔ pepper RC ( ViU: TJP ); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “ M r Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . Leitch ’s records indicate that on this date TJ purchased by order “82 ℔. Bar Iron 6 d ,
30Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 21 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you an order on Cap t Bernard Peyton for 533.D. of which I would wish 500.D. to be credited on my bond, and the balance 33.D. to be placed in our current account to reimburse the 33.D. on my order of Apr. 15. in favor of Josiah Leake . I assure you I have not before had that sum in my hands at any moment when urgent calls have not required it from me. I believe you settle the...