1Charles Hoyle’s Bill to Thomas Jefferson for Food, [13 September 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Jefferson Dinner 3/– Club 2/– 5–0 2 Servts Dinners 3–0 4 Horses 1 feed ea 6–0 14–0 MS ( MHi ); written on a small scrap in an unidentified hand; undated; endorsed by TJ at foot of text: “ Lynchbg . Hoyle. Sep. 13. 15.”; with TJ’s subjoined calculation that the amount owed was $2.58, the sum of $2.33 and an apparent $0.25 tip. Charles Hoyle (1753–1825), innkeeper, was a native of Ireland