John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1814
From John Barnes
[Geor]ge Town 18th Decr 1814—
Dear Sir—
My last Respects, was of the 6th Inst since when—your Scrip Certificate for $10.000—has been left with Mr Nourse to be Consolidated in the Amot of $12,500—6 ⅌Ct stock, at the Rate—of 80$ advance for $100 stock—in your Name—of course, it will require your Genl Power of Atty to receive the Int. due the 1h Jany—as well every succeeding Quarterly—payment,
John Barnes.
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); torn at seal; at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello Virga”; endorsed by TJ as received 27 Dec. 1814 and so recorded in SJL.
Joseph nourse served for decades as register of the United States Treasury (, 1:26, 4:56 [12 Sept. 1789, 10 Feb. 1830]). Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s consolidated six-percent government stock had been entered in the Treasury ledger on the preceding day, 17 Dec. 1814 (DNA: RG 53, CTSLO, Central Treasury Records Ledger, 65:65).
Index Entries
- Barnes, John; and T. Kosciuszko’s American investments search
- Barnes, John; letters from search
- Barnes, John; TJ’s power of attorney to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; and T. Kosciuszko’s American investments search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; and investment in U.S. government loan search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; and J. Barnes search
- Nourse, Joseph; as register of U.S. Treasury search
- Treasury Department, U.S.; and government stock search