1Thomas Jefferson to John M. Perry, 20 January 1810, with Notes on Agreement with Perry, 19 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
There is an old affair between mr Magruder & myself which I really had supposed done with, but he has lately revived it. he furnished me with some plank, & charged such extravagant prices as never had been given in this neighborhood by the half. I paid him according to the highest prices I had ever paid, amounting to £27–9 and wrote him that if he was not satisfied with that I would replace...