281Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, [13] July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 5 th covering the deed of trust came to hand on the 10 th . instead of adding the paragraph to it, I thought it better to write the deed over again, to incorporate the substance of the paragraph into it, and execute it anew. I did so, acknoleged it in our clerk’s office , and now inclose it with a certificate that it is recorded. I have been exceedingly distressed by the...
282Thomas Jefferson’s Deed of Trust of Milton Lands to Philip N. Nicholas and William Nekervis, 11 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the 11 th day of March July one thousand eight hundred and twenty one , between Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle on the one part and Philip Norborne Nicholas and William Nekervis both of the city of Richmond on the other part witnesseth that whereas Thomas J. Randolph of the same county of Albemarle
283Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 10 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 2 d came to hand last night, and I learn with great concern the final judgment in the case of Preston . the rules of the law are framed for the promotion of justice, and I am always sorry when in any particular case they produce the contrary. but you ask my opinion on the correctness of the decision. but, dear Sir , I am not competent to judge of it. nearly 40. years since I left...
284Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
From my not recg a letter from you by yesterday’s Mail, enclosing notes for the renewal of yours at the several Banks, am led to fear you are either indisposed, or from home; I have determined however to send this by a private hand, to ensure its reaching you, & pray you to dispatch a parcel notes forthwith , by a special messenger , if the mail is not coming immediately , as I am every moment...
285Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 6 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot account for my inattention to furni sh you my notes for renewal in the banks. I now send a compleat set of the 5. notes, and will make it a point hereafter to send renewals on the 1 st day of every other month. by adopting a fixed day, I shall not forget. but in case it should escape me, I send you the powers of Attorney to supply it. I hope to recieve immediately my quarterly account...
286Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am still without any blanks from you, or notes, to renew yours at the different Banks in this City, I to day was put to my trumps completely as to the $4,000 at the Farmers Bank , the directors not being willing to take any other note but yours for its renewal, as it would relieve the security you have given me as an endorser on it; I was therefore obliged to give bond to the Bank as...
287Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request hand herewith your ℀ current to date, which I hope will be found correct. Another your notes falls due this week, & I am still without a blank or a note of yours at=all, I hope by Wednesday’s mail to receive a supply, which will be one day too late, but I hope to arrange it either by putting in my own note as heretofore, or in some other way. You have no doubt...
288Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 28 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I send herewith, agreeable to your request, Adams’s Roaman Antiquities & Valpy’s Greek Grammar, both of which I wish safe to hand— RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “M r Th: Jefferson Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 2 July 1821 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures: (1) Alexander Adam, Roman Antiquities: or, an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans , ed. Peter...
289Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am without a Blank for the renewal of your note of $2,250, due at the United States Bank tomorrow; & will be compelled to put in my own in its sted, to avoid a protest. In order to obviate this difficulty in future, would you be willing to trust me with a power of Att y to sign for you in the several Banks here, according to the enclosed form, & which is almost universally practiced by those...
290Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 14 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I hand herewith ℀ sales your 7 Hhds: Tobacco & the balance your Flour on hand, say 98 Blls:, all of which hope will be satisfactory. I send by Woods Thom 4 Blls: Herrings 1 Bll: best family Shad , & the 6 Blls: Herrings for Lynchburg are also on the way. These are Fresh Herrings & Shad just arrived & inspected this morning. The Books mentioned in my last will be forwarded to=day either to...