Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 March 1820

To James Leitch

Mar. 24. 20.

65.	yds best nappy cotton
140	yards ticklenburg.
115.	oznabrigs.
2.	large milk pans

Th:J.

RC (ViU: TJP); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “Mr Jas Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL.

Leitch’s records indicate that on this date TJ purchased by order

“65 yd. nappd Cotton no 2.	3/10½	41	98
255 〃 best Ticklenburgs	2/.	85	.
2 large Tin Basons	3/6	1	17	”

for a total of $128.15 (Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends , p. 17).

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 March 1820
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Leitch, James
Date: 24 March 1820

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 March 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0457. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, p. 485.]

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