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We wrote to you on the 9 th Ins t with a copy of your Sales and Account Current to which we refer you—As the writer is under the necessity of leaving town tomorrow and may possibly be detained longer than he at present proposes, we take the liberty of forwarding you a note for your signature, we leave the amount blank, that you may fill it up with whatever sum may suit your wants— O. Philpotts...
Your note at bank for $3000. falling due the 17/20 Ins t we send you one here inclosed for your signature— Flour 10½$ Wheat 9/6—With great respect we are— RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); in Patrick Gibson’s hand; at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Nov. 1812 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found. SJL records a missing letter from TJ to Gibson & Jefferson of 7...
I have received your favor of the 26 th Ult o and in conformity thereto have accepted the offer made through M r Taylor of 50$ p r foot front, the credit I had agreed to extend to 60 d /. 120 d /. & 180 d /.—it is understood that this is to commence from the time a sufficient conveyance is made— We have received 201 bls: of your flour, 60 of which from Shadwell
We are favor’d with yours of the 23 d the drafts therein mention’d are all paid—we now send you inclosed $300 as desired— Flour is in great demand, and none to be procured, the millers having engaged all they can grind for at least a week to come and in consequence of the dry season very little has been coming down the nominal price is 10½$—Wheat only 9/6—With great respect we are RC ( ViU :...
We refer you to ours by last mail, and have at present merely to inform you that since then wheat & flour have been rising, the former is 10/. the latter 9½ Cash for Canal flour and 10$ asked by the millers on time. these prices may be expected to continue, provided no measures are adopted by Congress to put a stop to our present mode of export RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); in Patrick Gibson’s hand; at...
We hand you inclosed your Account Curr t to the 31 st Ult o balanced by $3301.90 at your debit since then we have paid a draft of Cha s Simms of Alex a for $15.95, being cha s on articles shipp’d for you by him— Your bond to B: Griffin for $700 chargeable with interest from June and payable at our counting room in December, we took up (partly to accommodate
A short absence from town prevented me from informing you sooner of the fate of your note renewed on the 9 th and which I enlarged to $3900—under the impression that the system of curtailing, which was then pursuing and which it was expected would be continued, must soon reduce it below the amount you required, this system however has been discontinued for the present, in consequence of the...
I have received your favor of the 23 d Ins t and am sorry to inform you that owing to the present distressd state of the banks, no addition to your note can be obtained, indeed so far from their increasing their discounts, they have been reduced to the disagreeable necessity of curtailing the one 10 the other 15 p r C t for every 60 d /.—this has been the case with the Farmer’s bank for 4...
I have received your favor of the 9 th Ins t and am sorry to find that M r Dufief had not received the money you directed to be paid to him thro’ the agency I had directed, and more particularly so, as I apprehend that another small sum, which was to have been paid to the Collector is in the same situation—Not having myself any transactions with Philad a I applied, on the receipt of your...
How shall I find words to express to you my dear Sir the grief I feel in having to communicate the mournful and afflicting intelligence of the unhappy fate of my ever to be regretted and most valued friend M r Geo. Jefferson Alas! he is now no more, the memory of his transcendant worth is all that is left to us—You who have long known and esteem’d his virtues, must bitterly deplore his death,...
I wrote to you on the 2 nd inclosing $100 in small notes, and have since received your favor of the 3 d together with the blank sign’d —although, my not having received it in time to renew your note due in bank has caused me no inconvenience, it might have been otherwise, and to guard against my negligence in future, as well as accidents by the mail &c, I think it adviseable to adopt the plan...
I have received your favor of the 19 th advising sundry drafts on me, which shall be duly attended to— I send you inclosed a note for your signature to renew the one in bank due next month— Our flour market is declining rapidly the present price is 8$ for new wheat 8/.— Tobacco still keeps up notwithstanding the very discouraging accounts from Europe or rather from England , as prices on, the...
I am favord with your letter of the 6 th Ins t and shall attend to the several dfts as they appear, I now send you inclosed $300 in small notes—as also a note for renewal on the 29 th Ins t for your signature— I have this moment learnt from M r Higginbotham that he is going up immediately, and as there is some risk in sending notes by the mail, I have asked the favor of
Your note at bank falling due on the 11 th In t Prox o I take the liberty of enclosing you one for its renewal, and as I think it probable from your last letter, that you may still be in Bedford , I shall forward a Copy of this to that place under cover to M r sam l
I have received your favor of the 30 th Ult o and shall attend to the several drafts therein mention’d Your note in bank fell due on the 30 th and was paid, as you supposed it probable that your demands would exceed the amount in hand I have had Judah’s note discounted so that you may consider the whole as received— I have not yet been able to recover the money from Philpots for the 4 Hhd s Tob o
I presented to Doctor Brockenborough who return’d the day before yesterday, M r John Harvie ’s note enclosed in yours of the 21 st Ult o , he regrets that it was not sooner forwarded, as just before leaving town he remitted to M r Harvie , all the funds he had in his hands about £1000. he informs me that he is not certain of receiving any money on M r H
Your favor of the 25 th ult o is received I should be much pleased to find your opinion to be correct, with regard to a rise in the price of flour in April, we know at present nothing of the markets in Europe on which to form a correct judgement, but my present impression is that they will not justify higher prices, and the quantity required in the West Indies (together with our own consumpt)...
I send you inclosed as requested in yours of the 9 th Ins t one hundred dollars in small notes— but little change has taken place in the price of flour, it is, if anything more dull, sales have been made on the basin at 4¾ and a little at 4½$, our mill flour has been sold at 5$ on 4 months Very respectfully I am RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”;...
I have received your favor of the 12 th Ins t and shall attend to your draft in favor of A. Robertson In your letters of the 20 & 28 th Oct r you mention a boat load of flour having been sent off on your account on that head I have only to say that I have not yet received one barrel— about that time I sold at 9¼$, now it is offering at 8$, altho not by myself as I think it must be higher...
I wrote you on the 28 th Ult o and have since received your favor of the 29 th inclosing an order on the Comm r of loans for $8580 payable in treasury notes, on application at the office I find that M r Nelson has none on hand, but expects a supply shortly—With regard to the taking up your note with them I have only to repeat what I mention’d in my last, that it is not possible to do so except...
I wrote you by last mail to which I beg leave to refer you and have now solely to inform you that I have received of M r Jacl Jacquelin Harvie the amount of his brother ’s note with $8.24 Interest say $185.14 at your credit— With great respect RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); endorsed by TJ as received 16 Dec. 1814 and so recorded in SJL . RC
I have endeavour’d to procure the nail rod mention’d in your favor of the 2 nd but am sorry to inform you, that there is not a bundle to be obtaind in the City PS:—I inclose your Acco t Cur t to the 1 st Ins t balance due me $752.29 RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re
Your note in bank for $2000. falling due on the 1 st /4 th of next month, I send you one inclosed for your signature, the prospect of peace altho’ distant has had very considerable influence upon our Tobacco market, fine crops have been sold at from 9 to 10$ and for a few choice hhd s 12 and as high as 13.6 has been paid, low qualities have risen in a greater ratio under an expectation of an...
Your note for $2000– in bank falls due on the 28 th /31 st Ins t to enable me to renew it I now send you inclosed a stamp for your signature which I will thank you to return to me in course of post, that is, so as to be here with the mail which arrives on Wednesday it had entirely escaped my recollection or I should have written to you sooner upon the subject— I have received three loads of...
I received your favor of the 24 th and shall attend to your instructions relative to your old Albemarle crop, I expected to have given you the requisite information for this mail, but find the hands at Shockoe so much engaged, that it cannot be open’d until the last of the week— fine Tobaccos sell very readily at from 7 to 9$ at this last price m r Bruce sold his crop; at the same time Tob o...
In compliance with your favor of the 20 th I have remitted to M r Hooe and Judge Holmes the sums mention’d and now send you inclosed $700 in such notes as you directed, the chocolate will be sent by the mail stage— Your dft in favor of David Higginbotham is paid— I shall send you a statement of the sale to M r Taylor
M r Taylor informs me that being about to leave town and expecting to be absent when his notes will fall due, he would prefer taking them up now provided a liberal discount were allowed and requested that I would propose it to you—his offer is $6250 in money—I am induced to mention it to you under an impression that it might be to the interest of M r Mazzei to take advantage of the present low...
In the hurry of forwarding you the Treasury notes on Saturday last , I omitted sending you the small notes you had requested, which I now inclose— I have made sale of all the flour now down say 215 bls: Sf & 18 fine to Tarlton Saunders at 7$ on 60 d /– with interest added, as I am induced to believe I can get the note discounted you may consider the proceeds on hand— I have been endeavouring...
I received by the last mail your favor of the 28 th Ult o and Send you hereinclosed $150 in notes— there is no change in flour since I last wrote you, nor can we expect a rise until an armistice take place— RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 May 1814 and so recorded in SJL .
I have received your favor of the 12 th Ins t and am happy to find that I have acted conformably to your wishes in holding up your flour, the repeal of the restrictive system brought into market a few purchasers at 5$, which I refused under an impression that it would in a short time be followed by an Armistice—this opinion altho generally prevalent has not tended to raise the price, for the...