From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 2 September 1804
To John Barnes
Monticello. Sep. 2. 04.
Dear Sir
Your favors of Aug. 7. & 21. came to hand in due time. from them I collect the following estimate of my funds, since my departure
1804 | July | 21. | paid | Williams of Phila | 71 | .87 | Aug. 4. | Salary for July | 2083. | 33 | ||
23. | Baker | 406 | . | Note discounted | 989. | 50 | ||||||
Gant | 43 | .75 | Sep. 4. | Salary for Aug | 2083. | 33 | ||||||
Andrews | 36 | .80 | Note discounted | 989. | 50 | |||||||
Hand | 2 | .37 | 6145. | 67 | ||||||||
Butler | 7 | .58 | 3225. | 54 | ||||||||
Coxe | 17 | .66 | in bank | 2920. | 13 | |||||||
Dyer | 27 | . | ||||||||||
Burford | 46 | . | Paiments to be made | |||||||||
Aug. | 7. | Gibson & Jeff. | 800 | . | to bank US | 1000. | ||||||
Lemaire | 300 | . | Columbia | 1000. | ||||||||
Th:J. | 250 | . | Wanscher ord. Aug. | 20 | ||||||||
10. | Short | 500 | . | Lemaire | 300 | |||||||
10. | Jones & Howell | 249 | .33 | to be now remitted to me | 250 | 2570. | ||||||
Peale | 50 | . | will remain | 350. | 13 | |||||||
Donath | 19 | .45 | ||||||||||
Hart | 30 | . | ||||||||||
Jones & Kain | 28 | |||||||||||
14. | Wanscher | 14 | .50 | |||||||||
15. | Carpenter | 75 | .23 | |||||||||
21. | Gibson & Jeff | 250 | . | |||||||||
3225 | .54 |
On this view of the subject I must pray you after paying Wanscher & Lemaire’s sums to remit me immediately 250. D. in bills of the bank US. and as there will not remain enough for mr Short’s remittance, and I have further indispensable calls here towards the end of the month, we must retain it, & remit to him the next month. Lenox’s must also wait till then & the rather as I have no notice yet that his work is done.
We shall be happy to see you here and to have your visit lengthened as much as you can. drop me a line the post before your setting out, and my servant who goes always for my mail to Milton, shall carry a horse for you. It will save you 2½ miles in 5. and of the very worst road of the whole. I salute you with affection & best wishes.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (DLC); TJ arranged the financial statement in two columns, one for the payments already made and the other for credits and payments not yet made; at foot of text: “Mr. Barnes.”
John Barnes’s favor of 7 Aug. has not been found (see Appendix IV).