201Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Eppes reached Town on Friday last, & on saturday handed me five hundred $500 Dollars for your ℀, which is at your credit, & will be held subject to your order— Hoping the articles sent by the last mail may have reached you safely, remain— With sincere regard D r sir RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 11 Oct. 1820 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of
202Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been duely favor’d with your two letters of the 3 d & 6th: of this Inst: —the first covering blank notes for the renewal of yours at the two Banks, which were in full time— On Friday last I rec d your stone Ware & forwarded the Hh’d containing it immediately by Brice Harlow ’s Boat for Milton , & hope it will reach you safely:— the maker represents the Ware as excellent, & informs me he...
203Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you that your note endorsed by Jefferson Randolph and myself for $4.000 was this day discounted at the Farmers Bank , & the nett proceeds thereof, say $3,957.33, is carried to your credit on my Books subject to your order. I am pleased indeed that you have met with this accomodation, & still more happy that I should have had it in my power to contribute to it....
204Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Above I hand ℀ sales your fifty Blls: Flour sold at $6 Cash on the Basin, altho’ it was all fine , this is the highest sale which has yet been made— The nett prcds: as above is at your credit— RC ( MHi ); subjoined to enclosure ; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 27 Jan. 1822 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( MHi ); address cover only; with FC of TJ to Dodge & Oxnard, 6 June...
205Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 22 August 1822 (1st letter) (Jefferson Papers)
I hand herewith ℀ sales your ten Hhds: Tobacco , at the best prices I could obtain, in presence of a large company of purchasers— Except N os 2. & 4. of the T.H. Tobacco, every Hhd: was too soft, & had a funky smell, the Tobacco was also short, with the above exception, & some of it poor, & deficient in substance— the B.C. ’s were by no means as well managed as the TH ’s, but neither as well...
206Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 5 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d some, days ago five Hh’ds your Bedford Tobacco, & finding the River so very low as to render it doubtful when the balance could reach here, tho’t it best to dispose of those, without waiting for the balance, as this is the shipping season, & not much time to be lost.—I have done so & enclose ℀ sales here with , which I hope will be satisfactory New Wheat 7/3 declining 〃 Flour $6 ¼
207Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 16 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales 21 Barrels Fine Flour by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1821 Rich d 16 Ap l To Lewis Ludlum for Cash in store
208To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 23 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The Box refer d to in my last, was the one rec d at this place, direct from Liverpool, per the Philip Tabb, to your address, & forwarded on to you, but since I wrote, have rec d a letter from Mr. Trist, stating that the Box was for him, & inclosing a list of its contents, the duty on which I have paid, & ch d the whole bill to him, which settles the matter, & I return under cover Mr....
209Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco Sales, 4 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales four Hhds: Leaf Tobacco by B. Peyton for ℀ M r Th: Jefferson 1822 Rich d 4 June To sundry persons for Cash (viz) ℔s 7= 1770
210Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 22 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Above I hand you sales your last parcel 50 Blls: Flour at $6, which was the best I could do with it, I postponed a sale for several days, in the hope of an advance, but each mail brings us worse & worse accounts of the article from the Northern markets, particularly New York , which in a great degree governs this, last sales there $6 ¼ @ ⅜ dull— I rec d yesterday your esteemed favor from...